Half

Adjective

 * 1) Consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%).
 * a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
 * 1) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
 * a half dream; half knowledge
 * 1) * Alfred Tennyson:
 * Assumed from thence a half consent.
 * 1)  Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
 * A half brother: or half sister:
 * 1)  Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
 * A half uncle: or half aunt: or half cousin:

Synonyms

 * hemi-, semi-, demi-

Adverb

 * 1) In two equal parts or to an equal degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly
 * half-colored; half done; half-hearted; half persuaded; half conscious
 * 1) * John Dryden:
 * Half loth and half consenting.
 * 1) * Nehemiah 13:24:
 * Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod.

Noun

 * 1) One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
 * 2) * John Milton:
 * Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
 * 1) * Alfred Tennyson:
 * A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us
 * 1) Half of a standard measure; frequently used  for half a pint of beer or cider.
 * 2) * 1968, John Braine, The Crying Game, Houghton Mifflin, p. 11,
 * He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.
 * 1) * 1974, James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312020309,
 * I accepted a half of bitter from him.
 * 1) * 2006, Bill Appleton, Wide Boy, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, ISBN 1843862530, p. 168,
 * I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... "Not brandy," she replied, "but I could use a long drink - maybe a half of lager."
 * 1)  The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
 * Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.
 * 1)  part; side; behalf — Wyclif
 * 2) * Geoffrey Chaucer:
 * The four halves of the house

Synonyms

 * ½

Verb

 * 1)  To halve.

Thesaurus
allotment, allowance, big end, bigger half, bisection, bit, bite, budget, chunk, commission, contingent, cut, deal, destiny, distributional, distributive, dividend, dole, end, equal, equal share, equidistance, even stephen, fate, fifty percent, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, halfway, halfway house, halver, halvers, helping, hemisphere, interest, lot, measure, mediety, meed, mess, mid-distance, midcourse, middle distance, midway, modicum, moiety, one-and-a-half, part, partial, particular, partly, per capita, per head, percentage, piece, portion, pro rata, proportion, proportional, proportionate, prorated, quantum, quota, rake-off, ration, respective, segment, semicircle, semisphere, several, share, slice, small share, stake, stock

Etymology
healf ('half'); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part'; akin to Old Saxon, Old Friesian, and Dutch half, German halb, Swedish , Danish halv, Icelandic hālfr and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.

Pronunciation



 * , {{SAMPA|/h{f/}}

Adjective

 * Abkhaz: абжа
 * Czech:
 * Danish: halv
 * Dutch: half, gehalveerd
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: afɑ̃
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Indonesian: setengah
 * Korean: 반


 * Kurdish:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latvian: puse
 * Lithuanian: pusė
 * Polish: pół-
 * Portuguese:, meio
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Sranan Tongo: afu
 * Swahili:
 * West Frisian:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: puolittainen, puoli-; puoleksi
 * German:


 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latvian: puse
 * Portuguese: parte


 * Finnish: puoli


 * Finnish: puoli

Derived terms

 * half ape
 * half back
 * half bent
 * half binding
 * half boarder
 * half-breadth plan
 * half brother
 * half cadence
 * half cap
 * half cock


 * half cocked
 * half hitch
 * half hose
 * half-life
 * Half Life
 * half measure
 * half note
 * half page
 * half pay


 * half price
 * half round


 * half shift
 * half sister
 * half step
 * half tide
 * half time
 * half tint
 * half truth
 * half year

Adverb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , puolittain


 * German:
 * Russian: ,

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نصف
 * Armenian:
 * Breton: hanter
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: meitat
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 半
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: afɑ̃
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:, puolet
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חצי
 * Hindi: आधा


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 半分
 * Korean: 반
 * Lithuanian: pusė
 * Marathi: अर्धा (ardhaa)
 * Persian: نصف
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: hälft
 * Telugu: (sagamu)సగము
 * Urdu: آدھا
 * Vietnamese: nửa
 * Yiddish:


 * Finnish:


 * Greek:


 * Arabic: نصف
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Ewe: afɑ̃
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 半分 (はんぶん, hanbún)
 * Korean: 반 (ban)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Ewe: afɑ̃
 * Finnish:


 * Russian:

Derived terms

 * better half
 * in half
 * in one's half
 * cry halves
 * go halves


 * half and half
 * not half
 * not half bad
 * other half

Verb

 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: halveren
 * Finnish: puolittaa, panna puoliksi


 * Lithuanian: dalinti pusiau
 * Polish: połowić
 * Russian: делить пополам (delít’ popolám)


 * : половина (polovína)
 * : hanner
 * : 半 (bàn)
 * : अर्धा (ardhaa)

Adjective

 * 1) half
 * 2)  half before the next whole
 * half tien
 * half past nine (i.e. half an hour before ten)
 * anderhalf
 * one and a half (half before two, with ander: originally meaning second)

Derived terms

 * anderhalf
 * halfgod
 * halfrond
 * halfstok
 * halfweg
 * halveren
 * halverwege
 * helft

Verb

 * 1) Past tense singular of helfen.