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How to pronounce “half”
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Pronunciation guide for half
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of half with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Through Two Doors at Once
about half the good bombs.
- Definition summary
- One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce half
Through Two Doors at Once
about half the good bombs.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “half”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- Half of a standard measure, chiefly:
- (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
- (slang) A half sibling.
- (UK, dated) A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.
- (sports) abbreviated form for half marathon.
- (numismatic slang) Clipping of half-dollar.
- [Adjective]
- Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
- (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
- (of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
- [Adverb]
- In two equal parts or to an equal degree.
- In some part approximating a half.
- Partially; imperfectly.
- Practically, nearly.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, obsolete) To halve.
- [Preposition]
- (UK, Ireland) Half past; a half-hour (30 minutes) after the last hour.
- (Discuss(+) this sense) (rare, see usage notes) A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour.
- [Interjection]
- (theater) A call reminding performers that the performance will begin in thirty minutes.
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