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half
What does half mean?
half (noun): one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use half in a sentence?
- I ate the smaller half of the apple. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- You don’t know the half of it. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce half?
/hæf/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does half come from?
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.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “half” mean?
a theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination
Not quite: that's what direction means.
the feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something
Not quite: that's what texture means.
one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided
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a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
Not quite: that's what city means.
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