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half
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- pronunciation:
- haef
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, adverb
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
halves |
| definition: |
Half is an amount of something. Let's say there is one piece of cake and you are going to share it with your friend. If you divide the piece of cake into two equal parts, then you will have half and your friend will have half.
There are ten candies, so if I give you half, I will have five and you will have five.
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
If you walked a half mile, you walked one of two equal parts of a mile. If you have a half gallon of milk, you have one of two equal parts of a whole gallon of milk.
We buy juice by the half gallon because our family drinks a lot of juice. |
| definition 2: |
If you have a half brother, you share one parent with him but not both parents. Your mother is also his mother, OR your father is also his father.
Jack and I have the same mother but different fathers, so he is my half brother. |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
If a glass of milk is half empty, it means that only half of the glass has milk in it. If your homework is half done, then you have finished half but you still have the other half to do.
Mary left her glass of orange juice half full. She drank half but she didn't want any more.The customer complained that her fish was only half cooked. |
| definition 2: |
If you are half awake, it means that you are not completely awake.
Emma was half awake when she answered the phone, so she didn't understand what the person was saying at first. |
| related words: |
part, partly |
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