half-hour
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half-hour — half hour1 adjective only before noun lasting for 30 minutes: a half hour meeting/session/documentary half hour ,half hour 2 noun count 1. ) half hour or half an hour a period of 30 minutes: I ll call you back within the next half hour. The job… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
half-hour — n a period of time that is 30 minutes long ▪ Fay had been in her room for a good half hour. >half hour adj ▪ a half hour TV show … Dictionary of contemporary English
half-hour — half′ hour′ n. 1) a period of 30 minutes 2) the midpoint of an hour, as 12:30 3) of, pertaining to, or consisting of a half hour • Etymology: 1375–1425 half′ hour′ly adj. adv … From formal English to slang
half-hour — early 15c., from HALF (Cf. half) + HOUR (Cf. hour). Related: Half hourly … Etymology dictionary
half-hour — ► NOUN 1) (also half an hour) a period of thirty minutes. 2) a point in time thirty minutes after a full hour of the clock. DERIVATIVES half hourly adjective & adverb … English terms dictionary
half-hour|ly — «HAF OWR lee, HAHF », adjective, adverb. –adj. lasting half an hour. –adv. every half hour … Useful english dictionary
half-hour — [haf′our′] n. 1. 30 minutes 2. the point 30 minutes after any given hour adj. 1. lasting for 30 minutes 2. occurring every 30 minutes half hourly adj., adv … English World dictionary
half-hour — I UK / US adjective [only before noun] lasting for 30 minutes a half hour meeting/session/documentary II UK / US noun Word forms half hour : singular half hour plural half hours 1) half hour or half an hour [countable, usually singular] a period… … English dictionary
half hour — noun Etymology: Middle English 1. : thirty minutes 2. : the midpoint of an hour • half hourly ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adverb (or adjective) * * * n. (also half an hour) a period … Useful english dictionary
ˌhalf-ˈhour — adj I lasting for 30 minutes a half hour meeting[/ex] II noun [C] ˌhalf ˈhour; ˌhalf an ˈhour a period of 30 minutes Shannon waited another half hour and then left.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
half-hour — /haf oweur , ow euhr, hahf /, n. 1. a period of 30 minutes. 2. the midpoint between the hours: The clock struck on the half hour. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or consisting of a half hour: half hour programs. [1375 1425; late ME] * * * … Universalium
