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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
half
/hɑːf/
noun1 of 2
the part you get when one is divided into two; ½
- “Half of the world is searching for the other half.”Tatoeba
- “I have only half as many books as she has.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To halve.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)