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half

Pronunciation: [/hæf/]

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half: meanings and example sentences

Learn how to use half in a sentence: 9 audio examples across 3 meanings.

Context: “quantity”

(noun) one of two equal parts of something. Like when you have a whole pizza and you divide it into two equal parts, each part is a half.

Example

She ate half of the cake.

Example

He did not finish half of his homework.

Example

How much of the work is already done? Is it half?

Context: “time”

(noun) thirty minutes; one of the two equal parts of an hour. It's like when the big hand on the clock is pointing at the 6, that's half past the hour.

Example

It's already half past eight, we should leave soon.

Example

He arrived half an hour early for the meeting.

Example

What time is it when the big hand is at the 6?

Context: “quantity”

(adjective) being equal to 50%. Like when you have a jar with marbles, and half of them are blue, the other half are red.

Example

Half of the students preferred chocolate ice cream.

Example

Less than half of the class raised their hands when asked if they had finished the assignment.

Example

What percentage of the group voted for option A, would you say it was half?

How to pronounce half

Pronunciation: [/hæf/]

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