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გამოთქმა: /hɑːf/

Universal
  • an amount equal to a half: [as predeterminer]:half an hour almost half the children turned up [as pronoun]:half of the lectures are delivered by him [as adjective]:the last half century
  • an amount thought of as roughly a half: [as predeterminer]:half the audience were blubbing away [as pronoun]:half of them are gatecrashers

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Universal
  • to the extent of half:the glass was half full
  • [often in combination] to a certain extent; partly:the chicken is half-cooked I am half inclined to believe you

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Universal
  • either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided:two and a half years the northern half of the island divide the cake in half spending was reduced by half
  • either of two equal periods of time into which a sports game or a performance is divided.
  • British informal half a pint of beer or a similar drink:a half of bitter
  • informal a half-price fare or ticket, especially for a child.
  • Golf a score for an individual hole that is the same as one’s opponent’s: she holed from six feet for a half at the seventeenth
  • short for half back.

a —— and a half

informal used to indicate that one considers a particular person or thing to be an impressive example of their kind:Aunt Edie was a woman and a half

half the battle

see battle.

half a chance

informal the slightest opportunity:given half a chance he can make anything work

half an eye

see eye.

the half of it

[usually with negative] informal the most important part or aspect of something:you don’t know the half of it

half one (or two etc.)

informal way of saying half past one .

half past one (or two etc.)

thirty minutes after one (two, etc.) o’clock.

half the time

see time.

not do things by halves

do things thoroughly or extravagantly.

not half

  • 1not nearly:he is not half such a fool as they thought
  • 2 informal not at all:the players are not half bad
  • 3British informal to an extreme degree; very much so:she didn’t half flare up!

too —— by half

British used to emphasize something considered bad:the idea seems too superstitious by half

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