Synonyms for half
hæf, hɑfhalf

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1. halfadjective

   Having one parent (rather than two) in common.

   A half brother or half sister

   Synonyms:
   

2. halfadjective

   Synonyms:
   semi-, demi-, hemi-

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1. half

   Synonyms:
   moiety, bisection, dimidiation

   Antonyms:
   integrity, entirety, totality, whole

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1. one-half, halfnoun

   one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

   "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half"

   Synonyms:
   one-half

   Antonyms:
   whole, complete

2. halfadjective

   one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

   Synonyms:
   one-half

   Antonyms:
   complete, whole

3. half(a)adjective

   consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

   "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour"

   Antonyms:
   complete, whole

4. half(a)adjective

   partial

   "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"

   Antonyms:
   whole, complete

5. halfadverb

   (of siblings) related through one parent only

   "a half brother"; "half sister"

   Synonyms:
   half(a)

   Antonyms:
   complete, whole

6. halfadverb

   partially or to the extent of a half

   "he was half hidden by the bushes"

   Antonyms:
   complete, whole

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1. divide into two

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. halfnoun

   Synonyms:
   moiety

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1. halfadverb

   Synonyms:
   partially, imperfectly

2. halfnoun

   Synonyms:
   moiety

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1. List of paraphrases for "half":

   one-half, semester, half-year, halfway, east, middle, pol, halved, half-way, average, -stanzi, poole, 50, means, media

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How to use half in a sentence?

1. John McCain:

   In the Senate, during the three-and-a-half years that Sen. Barack Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done.

2. Murilo Pastana:

   The last species of Poecilocharax was described in 1965, more than half a century ago, so seeing these fishes in our net was one big' wow' moment.

3. Darryl Hooker:

   Moving into CLS naturally has a huge impact on the trading volume in a currency. It clearly is a barrier just now, cLS eligibility could be achieved by the PBOC within 3-3-1/2 years. If it was mandated instead to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to carry out this process (for the CNH) then it could be done in half that time, probably in 18 months.

4. Wang Qiujing:

   We have postponed our launch until the first half of 2020.

5. Donald Trump:

   Jerome Powell's my pick. And I disagree with Jerome Powell entirely, frankly, if we had a different person in the Federal Reserve that wouldn't have raised interest rates so much, we would have been at least a point and a half higher.