amerikai:
brit:
1. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
I ate the slightly smaller half of the apple.
2. Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider.
3. (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.
4. Part; side; behalf.
5. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
6. A half sibling.
7. A child ticket.
1. To halve.
1. Consisting of a half (1/2, 50%).
a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
a half dream; half knowledge
3. (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
4. (rare, of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
1. In two equal parts or to an equal degree.
2. In some part approximating a half.
3. Partially; imperfectly.
He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult.
1. A half-hour after, thirty minutes after (used with the number of the hour).
half one