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III . half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] ADV

6. half Brit inf (intensifies negative statement):

not half

IV . half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] ADJ

half-baked [hɑ:fbeɪkt, Am hæf-] ADJ

2. half-baked inf plan:

half board N no pl

half-breed [hɑ:fbri:d, Am hæf-] N, half-caste [hɑ:fkɑ:st, Am hæfkæst] N

half-crown [ˌhɑ:fˈkraʊn, Am ˌhæf-] N HISTORY

half-hearted [ˌhɑ:fˈhɑ:tɪd, Am ˌhæfˈhɑ:rt̬ɪd] ADJ

half-mast N

half note N Am MUS

half-timbered [ˌhɑ:fˈtɪmbəd] ADJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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In fact, half the airstaff did not even attend this meeting and were told through a conference call.
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He was a strong competitor at centre half-back and also occasionally played the ruck.
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A more accurate term for the left pedal on an upright piano is the half-blow pedal.
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Half of the funds in the $7.3 billion budget for the next fiscal year will go toward citywide personnel costs.
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He was imprisoned for 15 years from 1975 to 1990 under a death sentence, with four and a half years in solitary confinement.
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In the second half of the 19th century, steam was harnessed to laundry purposes and commercial laundries used steam-powered mangles or ironers.
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Approximately 500 staff, or almost half the total, entered the armed forces.
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The foot is often compared to a musical measure and the long and short syllables to whole notes and half notes.
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It is an annual herb taking an erect or spreading form up to half a meter long or forming a mat or dense tangle.
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After steady growth over the first half of the century, including winning paid sick leave, annual leave and a forty-hour week, the union really took off in the 1950s.
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