half
One of two
Half is one of two equal parts of something: Cut the apple in half.
It functions as noun, adjective, and adverb: the first half, half price, half asleep.
Half often suggests incompleteness or insufficiency: half measures, half-baked ideas, He only half listened.
In time expressions, half past means thirty minutes after: half past three.
Half the battle is a significant portion of the difficulty; my other half is a spouse or partner.
Number being divided
- denominatorFraction's bottom number
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- percentageProportion out of hundred
decimal · division · bisect · halve · split · divide · fifty-fifty · evenly
Made less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- shortenedMade more concise
- abbreviatedMade shorter, typically words
- truncatedCut off abruptly
Separation into parts
- fifty-fiftySplit equally between two
- partnerOne who shares activity
- co-ownerJoint holder of property
- sharedHeld in common
joint · mutual · divvy · portion · halfsies · bisect · partnership
Not yet complete
- partialFavoring one side
- lackingBeing without something
- fragmentaryConsisting of incomplete parts
- incompleteLacking necessary parts
rough · sketchy · undone · imperfect · insufficient
Exact center between two
- centerMiddle of anything
- medianCentral sorted value
- equidistantEqually far from each
- midwayEquidistant from both ends
midsection · bisector · centerline · equator · midline · intermediate · central
Tournament's second-to-last stage
- semi-circleHalf a disk
- semi-colonPunctuation linking related clauses
- semi-detachedJoined on one side
- semi-automaticFires once, reloads itself
semi-precious · semi-annual · semi-professional · semi-permanent · semi-sweet · semi-gloss · semi-arid · hemisphere
numerator
Number being divided
- denominatorFraction's bottom number
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
percentage · decimal · division · bisect · halve · split · divide · fifty-fifty · evenly · equation
reduced
Made less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- shortenedMade more concise
- abbreviatedMade shorter, typically words
split
Separation into parts
- fifty-fiftySplit equally between two
- partnerOne who shares activity
- co-ownerJoint holder of property
shared · joint · mutual · divvy · portion · halfsies · bisect · partnership
unfinished
Not yet complete
- partialFavoring one side
- lackingBeing without something
- fragmentaryConsisting of incomplete parts
incomplete · rough · sketchy · undone · imperfect · insufficient
midpoint
Exact center between two
- centerMiddle of anything
- medianCentral sorted value
- equidistantEqually far from each
midway · midsection · bisector · centerline · equator · midline · intermediate · central
semi-final
Tournament's second-to-last stage
- semi-circleHalf a disk
- semi-colonPunctuation linking related clauses
- semi-detachedJoined on one side
semi-automatic · semi-precious · semi-annual · semi-professional · semi-permanent · semi-sweet · semi-gloss · semi-arid · hemisphere · semicircular
intermission
Scheduled performance pause
locker-room · scoreboard · timeout · whistle · quarters · period · stoppage · breather · rest · changeover
third
Position number three
sixth · seventh · eighth · ninth · tenth · eleventh · twelfth · sixteenth · twentieth · hundredth
- arithmeticaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum
- Early Mathcounting, numbers, addition, subtraction, zero
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- basketballbasketball, rebound, dunk, basketball camps, dribble
- divisiondivision, divide, divided, dividing, split
- half an hourSixty minutes halved
- in halfInto two equal portions
- half fullContaining fifty percent capacity
- half priceReduced by half
- second halfLater of two parts
- half hourThirty-minute span
halfway, behalf, halved, halves, halfhearted, halving, halftime, halfpipe, halfpenny