Meaning

noun one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

noun one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

adjective consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

originEtymology tree Middle English half English half From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur…

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