What does half mean?
Definitions for half
hæf, hɑfhalf
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word half.
Princeton's WordNet
one-half, halfnoun
one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
"half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half"
halfadjective
one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
half(a)adjective
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
"a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour"
half(a)adjective
partial
"gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"
halfadverb
(of siblings) related through one parent only
"a half brother"; "half sister"
halfadverb
partially or to the extent of a half
"he was half hidden by the bushes"
Wiktionary
halfnoun
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.
You don't know the half of it.
halfnoun
Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider.
halfnoun
The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.
halfnoun
part; side; behalf
halfverb
To halve.
halfadverb
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
halfadjective
Consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%).
a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
halfadjective
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
a half dream; half knowledge
halfadjective
Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
A half brother or half sister
halfadjective
Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
A half uncle or half aunt or half cousin
Etymology: healf ('half'); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part'; akin to Old Saxon, Old Friesian, and Dutch half, German halb, Swedish half, Danish halv, Icelandic hālfr and Gothic 03370330033B03310343 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Halfadverb
In part; equally.
I go with love and fortune, two blind guides,
To lead my way; half loth, and half consenting. Dryden.HALFn.s. plural.
Etymology: healf, Saxon, and all the Teutonick dialects.
An half acre of land. 1 Sa. xiv. 14.
Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way. Ben Jonson, Discoveries.
Well chosen friendship, the most noble
Of virtues, all our joys makes double,
And into halves divides our trouble. John Denham.Or what but riches is there known
Which man can solely call his own;
In which no creature goes his half,
Unless it be to squint and laugh? Hudibras, p. ii.No mortal tongue can half the beauty tell;
For none but hands divine could work so well. Dryden.Of our manufacture foreign markets took off one half, and the other half were consumed amongst ourselves. John Locke.
The council is made up half out of the noble families, and half out of the plebeian. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
Half the misery of life might be extinguished, would men alleviate the general curse by mutual compassion. Addison.
Her beauty, in thy softer half
Bury’d and lost, she ought to grieve. Matthew Prior.Natural was it for a prince, who had proposed to himself the empire of the world, not to neglect the sea, the half of his dominions. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.
Had the land selected of the best,
Half had come hence, and let the world provide the rest. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Half
One half (PL: halves) is the irreducible fraction resulting from dividing one by two (2) or the fraction resulting from dividing any number by its double. Multiplication by one half is equivalent to division by two, or "halving"; conversely, division by one half is equivalent to multiplication by two, or "doubling". One half often appears in mathematical equations, recipes, measurements, etc. Half can also be said to be one part of something divided into two equal parts. For instance, the area S of a triangle is computed. S = base/2 × perpendicular height.
ChatGPT
half
Half refers to one of two equal parts into which a thing is divided, or an amount or quantity that is a division of the whole into two equal portions. It is typically represented mathematically as 0.5 or 1/2.
Webster Dictionary
Halfadjective
consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
Halfadjective
consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge
Halfadverb
in an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious
Halfadjective
part; side; behalf
Halfadjective
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
Halfverb
to halve. [Obs.] See Halve
Etymology: [AS. healf. See Half, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Half
häf, n. one of two equal parts: a contraction of half-year, as in a school session:—pl. Halves (hävz).—adj. having or consisting of one of two equal parts: being in part: incomplete, as measures.—adv. in an equal part or degree: in part: imperfectly.—v.i. to divide into two equal parts.—ns. Half′-and-half, a mixture of beer or porter and ale; Half′-back, in football, a position on the right or left side of the field, between the quarter-back and full-back, or directly behind the forwards: a player occupying this position.—adj. Half′-baked, underdone: incomplete: half-witted.—v.t. Half′-baptise′, to baptise privately and hastily.—ns. Half′-bind′ing, a style of bookbinding in which the backs and corners are of leather, and the sides of paper or cloth; Half′-blood, relation between those who are of the same father or mother, but not of both.—adj. Half′-blood′ed.—ns. Half′-board (naut.), a manœuvre by which a sailing-ship gains distance to windward by luffing up into the wind; Half′-boot, a boot reaching half-way to the knee.—adj. Half′-bound, bound only partly in leather, as a book.—n. Half′-breed, one that is half-blooded.—adj. Half′-bred, half or not well bred or trained: wanting in refinement.—ns. Half′-broth′er, Half′-sis′ter, a brother or sister by one parent only; Half′-cap (Shak.), a cap only partly taken off: a slight salute; Half′-caste, a person one of whose parents belongs to a Hindu caste, and the other is a European: any half-breed; Half′-cheek (Shak.), a face in profile; Half′-cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch (see Cock); Half′-crown, a silver coin in England, of the value of two shillings and sixpence.—adj. Half′-dead, almost dead, nearly exhausted.—n. Half′-doll′ar, a silver coin of the United States, worth 50 cents.—adj. Half′-done, not fully cooked, roasted, &c.—n. Half′-doz′en, six.—adjs. Half′-ed′ucated, imperfectly educated; Half′en (Spens.), half.—adv. Half′endeal (Spens.), half.—adjs. Half′-faced (Shak.), showing only part of the face: wretched-looking; Half′-heart′ed, cold, ungenerous: lukewarm: indifferent.—adv. Half′-heart′edly.—ns. Half′-heart′edness; Half′-holiday, half of a working day for recreation; Half′-kir′tle, a kind of jacket worn by women in the 16th and 17th centuries; Half&pri
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HALF
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Half is ranked #129825 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Half surname appeared 131 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Half.
56.4% or 74 total occurrences were White.
37.4% or 49 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
5.3% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'half' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #544
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'half' in Written Corpus Frequency: #251
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'half' in Nouns Frequency: #618
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'half' in Adverbs Frequency: #333
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of half in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of half in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of half in a Sentence
Earnings for the bottom 10 percent are rising faster than earnings for the top 10 percent, for the first time ever, since my election, the net worth for the bottom half of wage-earners has increased by 47 percent, three times faster than the increase for the top one-percent.Median household income is at an all-time high; for President Bush, in eight years it was $450. Under President Barack Hussein Obama, for eight years, it was $975. ... Under your favorite president, and when you include the tax cuts, the regulation cuts ... under President Trump, for three years, the number is almost $10,000 -- and its going up. Thats a big difference.
We plan to further increase the fleet, by as much as even a thousand cars. We can produce the first thousand cars fairly quickly within one and half and two years, this is needed to check changes quickly in the algorithms we are making.
I was not a community organizer before I was elected to the Senate, i spent five and a half years as the solicitor-general of Texas, the chief lawyer for the state of Texas in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
A can of beans is usually about three and a half servings, somewhere between 50 cents and a dollar depending on what brand.
Per-day exports were seen subdued especially in the second half of February, if the decline in February was mainly driven by sapping Chinese demand, exports would fall even worse in March and April as negative perceptions over Made-in-Korea products spread.
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- абжаAbkhaz
- نصفArabic
- палаві́на, пало́ваBelarusian
- полови́наBulgarian
- hanterBreton
- mig, meitatCatalan, Valencian
- půlit, půl, rozpůlitCzech
- halvDanish
- halb, HälfteGerman
- afɑ̃Ewe
- μισόGreek
- duona, duonoEsperanto
- mitadSpanish
- نصف, نیمPersian
- puoleksi, puoli, puolittainen, puolikas, puolittain, puolittaa, puolet, panna puoliksi, puoliksi, puoli-Finnish
- helvtFaroese
- demi, moitiéFrench
- healWestern Frisian
- lethScottish Gaelic
- חציHebrew
- आधाHindi
- félHungarian
- կեսArmenian
- setengahIndonesian
- metàItalian
- חציHebrew
- 半分Japanese
- ნახევარი, სანახევროდ, ნახევარ-Georgian
- ಅರ್ಧKannada
- 반Korean
- نیوهونیو, نیوKurdish
- semis, dimidiumLatin
- ເຄິ່ງLao
- pusėLithuanian
- puseLatvian
- hauruaMāori
- хагасMongolian
- अर्धाMarathi
- halvNorwegian
- half, helft, halverenDutch
- halvNorwegian Nynorsk
- halvNorwegian
- ଅଧାOriya
- połowa, połowić, pół-Polish
- meio, parte, metadePortuguese
- semi-, jumătate, emi-Romanian
- сторона́, пол-, наполови́ну, тайм, полу-, полови́на, почти́Russian
- metadi, meidade, meitate, midadeSardinian
- polovinaSerbo-Croatian
- pol, polovicaSlovene
- gjysmëAlbanian
- halva, planhalva, halvlek, hälftSwedish
- nusuSwahili
- సగముTelugu
- ครึ่งThai
- yarı, yarımTurkish
- полови́наUkrainian
- آدھاUrdu
- phân nửa, nửaVietnamese
- העלפֿטYiddish
- 半Chinese
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