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half hour

half Noun

— A half is 1/2 of a whole; 50%. Sales were down from January to June but jumped in the second half of the year. Half a year later, the baby was born. A half minute after the game started, the rain began. It took us an hour and a half to get the bike working again. The city was about half the size of Vancouver. More than half the money came from the government. It's cost us three and a half thousand dollars. We'll meet at half past two. It's two and a half times as big as the old one. The coach changed the goal keeper at half time. The same car might cost about half as much again as in Britain. These cookies are not half as good as the ones your mum makes. The apples are half price today. When I phoned, he was still half asleep. The glass was half full. Since the early 1980s the army's strength and budget have been cut in half . The car was half on the road when it was hit. — A half is one part of a game that is divided into two parts. At the end of the first half, Japan is leading Iran by two points. — A half is one end of a sports field. He kicked the ball deep into New England's half. — A half is a player who plays in the middle part of the field in sports like football, rugby, etc.

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How do I use half hour in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I've been waiting half an hour.

I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.

We'll see each other in half an hour.

I can walk to school in half an hour.

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Guys, come on, I know business meetings are boring, but can we just focus for the next half hour?

Talabot has been waiting for you for half an hour.

We could finish morning surgery half an hour early -- we've very few appointments in the book.

half hour

half Noun

hour Noun

Examples half hour examples

Simple sentences

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