in half
Split down middle
Into two equal or roughly equal parts.
You can cut something in half, break it in half, or tear it in half: She split the sandwich in half.
Figuratively, to meet someone halfway (not "in half") is to compromise, but cut in half can describe drastic reductions: The budget was cut in half.
- fifty-fiftySplit equally between two
- bisectDivide into two equal portions
- divideSeparate into parts
- midpointExact center between two
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
chop · broken · torn · snapped · rip apart · dichotomy · split · cleave · segment · fraction · mirror image · axis of symmetry · sever · shear · slice · separation · middle · ratio
wholeness/completeness
in halfwhole
Full and undivided
intact · in one piece · complete · undivided · unbroken
division/multiplication
in halfdoubled
Increased twofold
in two · multiplied · combined · merged · twice over
in, half, halfway, halved, halves, halve, halfhearted, halving, halftime