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# half

«half» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of two equal parts of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (half, halves); adjective; adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) A half is one of two equal parts of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#m1)

2) Half as an adjective means one of two equal parts: «half an hour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#m2)

3) Half can mean partly: «half asleep». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#m3)

4) Half past means 30 minutes after the hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

one of two equal parts of a count; half an hour is 30 minutes; «half past 3» is 3:30; phrases: «half of», «half as many as», «in half», «half past», «half an hour», «half-time»

### examples

- Max gives Sam half of his stickers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x1)
- Ben has half as many cookies as Lily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x2)
- Mia ate half of the 8 grapes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x3)
- Cut the apple in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x4)
- Half an hour is 30 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x5)
- School ends at half past three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x6)
- The score was 2–1 at half-time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x7)
- The glass is half full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x8)
- There was only half of him! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/#x9)

### note

Plural: halves. «half of N» and «half as many as N» are N ÷ 2. Trap: «gives half» leaves the other half, also N ÷ 2, with the giver. Two halves make a whole. Halves must be equal, so a big piece and a small piece are not halves.

### In the corpora

- [A baby who shares only one parent with you is your half-brother or half-sister.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/20/)
- [Listening at the door usually gives you only scary half-pieces; asking «Is everything OK?» later works much better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/10/)
- [Even grown-ups often can't spot a fake picture by looking; in Maddie's class half got it wrong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/6/)
- [Dolphins sleep with half of their brain at a time, switching sides, so they can keep coming up to breathe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals/7/)
- [Octopuses can solve puzzles, open jars, learn by watching and remember people; wild ones carry coconut shell halves to hide in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «half» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/half/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.