HALF
\hˈɑːf], \hˈɑːf], \h_ˈɑː_f]\
Definitions of HALF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes"
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partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"
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consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour"
By Princeton University
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partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes"
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partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"
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consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
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Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
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Part; side; behalf.
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To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
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In an equal part or degree; in some pa appromating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
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Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
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Part; side; behalf.
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To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
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In an equal part or degree; in some pa appromating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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One of two equal parts; a school term; in football, a half back.
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Equally; partly.
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Consisting of a half; partial; incomplete.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One of two equal parts: an English schoolboys' term for a session; a contraction of half year; the term between vacations. "It's a jolly time, too, getting to the end of the half."-T. Hughes.
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Having or consisting of one of two equal parts: being in parts: incomplete, as measures.
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In an equal part or degree: in part: imperfectly.
By Daniel Lyons
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Consisting of half; being in part.
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In equal part; in part.
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One of two equal parts into which a whole is divided.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Having half of a standard value; partial.
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One of the two equal parts into which a thing is or may be divided.
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To the extent of a half; partially.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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