first halves

Initial fifty percents

First halves is the plural of first half—the initial portion when something is divided into two parts.

Most often refers to time periods: The team dominated in the first halves of their games but faded late.

Also applies to books, years, centuries, or any span with a natural midpoint.

beginnings

opening

Gap or start

overture · foreword · preface · commencement · onset · dawn · genesis · infancy · threshold · inauguration

Opposites
sequential position

first halvessecond halves

Later equal portions

endings · conclusions · finales

completeness/finality

first halvesconclusions

Judgments reached through reasoning

endings · finales · resolutions · climaxes · denouements

completeness

first halveswholes

Complete unified amounts

totalities · entireties · complete works

Family

first, half, halves, firstly, halve, halved, halving

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