half past
Thirty minutes after
Half past indicates thirty minutes after the hour: half past three means 3:30.
The phrase is standard in telling time, though American English often drops "half past" in favor of just saying the numbers: three thirty.
British English retains it more commonly, and may shorten to just half three.
- thirtyThree times ten
- hourSixty-minute span
- clockDevice displaying time
- minuteSixtieth of an hour
- chimeMelodic bell sound
watch · analog clock · tick · tick tock · digital clock · grandfather clock · dial · bottom of the hour · alarm clock · wrist watch · five o'clock · hand · cuckoo clock · alarm · second · telling time · appointment · noon
- hoursone o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock
- Timesmorning, afternoon, evening, night, noon
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- time expressionsnow, today, soon, tomorrow, later
- clock positionsone o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock
position within the hour
half paston the hour
At :00 exactly
o'clock · top of the hour · quarter to · sharp · on the dot