half
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or…One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
» School begins at half past eight.
Занятия в школе начинаются в восемь тридцать.
Занятия в школе начинаются в половине девятого.
Заняття почитаються о пів на дев'яту.
Meaning
10 sensesOne of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
I ate the smaller half of the apple.
You don’t know the half of it.
Hälfte
полови́наpolovína, таймtajm
полови́наpolovýna
one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
An association football match usually consists of two halves of 45 minutes each.
one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
Half of a standard measure, chiefly:
(UK)Half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).
The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.
полови́наpolovína
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.
Abbreviated form for half marathon.
Examples
2365 sentencesSchool begins at half past eight.
Заняття почитаються о пів на дев'яту. — deniko
ruЗанятия в школе начинаются в восемь тридцать. — noxend
She cut the apple in half.
Вона розрізала яблука навпіл. — deniko
ruОна разрезала яблоко пополам. — Xitsa
deSie schnitt den Apfel in der Mitte durch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'll be a half hour late.
Я запізнюся на пів години. — deniko
ruЯ опоздаю на полчаса. — marafon
deIch komme eine halbe Stunde später. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I was up half the night.
Я не спав півночі. — deniko
ruЯ половину ночи не спал. — Olya
I gave my half to Tom.
Я віддав свою половину Тому. — deniko
ruЯ отдал свою половину Тому. — soweli_Elepanto
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side'From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
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Forms
plural: halvesSynonyms
2 synonyms- one of two equal parts of a divisible whole:one-half
Word family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Numbers, dates and time — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- half an an
- and a half
- half of the
- at half past
- in half an
- half past
- for half an
- half asleep
- more than half
- half his age
- half of these
- was half asleep