halfway around the world

halfway Adverb

— If something is halfway done, it is partly done, or partly that way. I was halfway between happy and sad. Don't do the job halfway, get it done. I was halfway home after driving an hour -- I would be home in one more hour. The runner can get water at the halfway point. — If you meet somebody halfway, both of you both agree by accepting part of what the other person is suggesting or offering. Look, I can't afford $100 for it, but I can meet you halfway.

around Preposition

— If mathx/math is around mathy/math, mathy/math is in the middle and mathx/math is on all sides of mathy/math. The moon circles around the Earth. The fence was built around the house.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

world Noun

— The Earth. Our world needs to be cared for. — The . I love you more than anybody else in the world. — The setting of a group of people. They were in their own world as they talked about trains nobody else knew about. — A planet. I wonder if there is life on other worlds.