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I . half <halves> [hɑ:f, Am hæf] N

1. half (equal part):

half
pół nt
half
in half
half [of] sth
to fold in half

2. half SPORTS (part of match):

half

3. half SPORTS (player):

half

4. half (small):

half a beer
małe piwo nt

5. half Brit (child's ticket):

half

II . half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] ADJ

1. half (fifty per cent):

half
half an hour [or a half hour]
half the country

2. half (thirty minutes):

half five

III . half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] ADV

2. half (thirty minutes after):

half past one

3. half (by fifty percent):

half as tall/brave

half-baked ADJ pej inf

half-breed N pej

half-brother N

half-hearted ADJ

half-hearted attempt:

half-life N CHEM, PHYS

half note N AM MUS

half note

half-price ADJ

half-sister N

half-timbered ADJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A few half-hearted agrarian laws were passed such as the seed certification law, a land rental law and a moderate land reform law.
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Two particularly poignant examples are the sixty-fourth note runs near the beginning, and the trembling half-step figure that appears at the beginning and end.
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Cf, which is available in relatively large quantities due to its long half-life (2.65 years).
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Later images show him as a beardless, sensuous, naked or half-naked androgynous youth: the literature describes him as womanly or man-womanish.
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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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In fact, half the airstaff did not even attend this meeting and were told through a conference call.
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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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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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He disappears and reappears, gets cut in half, makes audience members vanish and others levitate.
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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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