half in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
half in Sindhi سنڌي
half in English
- half⇄adj. 1. making half of; needing as much more to make a whole.
Ex. a half pound, a half barrel.
2. not complete; being only part of.
Ex. A half truth is often no better than a lie.
(SYN) partial, imperfect, incomplete.
3. - half⇄adv. 1. to a half of the full amount or degree.
Ex. half cooked, a glass half full of milk. This government cannot endure ... half slave and half free (Abraham Lincoln).
2. not completely; partly.
Ex. She spoke half aloud.
3. al - half⇄expr. by half, by a great deal; by far.
Ex. He is the better player by half. - half⇄expr. by halves. See under halves.
- half⇄expr. half past (or after), (in stating the time of day) half an hour past the hour named.
Ex. The train arrives at half past seven. - half⇄expr. not half,
a. a slight extent; a long way from.
Ex. I am not half done with the housework. They were not half well provided to go away upon the spur (Thomas Stocker).
b. not at all; the reverse of.
Ex. not half bad.
- half⇄half, noun, pl.halves,adjective, adverb.
- half⇄noun halfness.
- half⇄noun 1. one of two equal parts into which a thing is or may be divided.
Ex. A half of 4 is 2. Two halves make a whole.
2. one of two nearly equal parts.
Ex. Which is the bigger half?
3. one of the two equal periods of active pla - half⇄stand-off halfback orhalf
(Rugby Football.) the halfback who takes a position between the scrum-half and the three-quarter back; outside half.