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half-time en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From half- + time.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.
The remedy proposed is half-time schools. The teachers are to be engaged for a school year's service, but the pupils belonging to each school are to be divided into two sections. Each section is to spend half the time in school and the remainder at home.
1884, The Ohio Educational Monthly, page 544:The remaining federal and State programs provide aid to part-time students only if attendance is half-time or more (at least six credit-hours).
1979, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and Related Measures: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ...., page 162:
Forms
half-time en · ADV
Pronunciation
Etymology
From half- + time.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a half time manner.
I'm working half-time this month (two and a half days per week) before my maternity leave.
Forms
half-time en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From half- + time.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The interval between the two halves of a sports match.
Let's get some pizza at half-time.
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(attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable) Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period.
I'm following a half-time schedule this month.
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(countable, uncountable) A tempo in which the rhythm is emphasized so that it seems to have half as many metric divisions (e.g. emphasizing the start of every other bar rather than every bar).
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(countable, uncountable) The time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value.
Forms
Coordinates
full time · triple time · part time · double time · quarter time
Deriveds
half-timer
Translations (40)
ro pauză (sports: interval between halves) · fr mi-temps (sports: interval between halves) · es entretiempo (sports: interval between halves) · is leikhlé (sports: interval between halves) · sk polčas (time to halve the difference between present value and final value) · fi puoliintumisaika (time to halve the difference between present value and final value) · de Halbzeitpause (sports: interval between halves) · de Pause (sports: interval between halves) · ja ハーフタイム (sports: interval between halves) · nn halvtid (sports: interval between halves) · pt meio-tempo (sports: interval between halves) · fi puoliaika (sports: interval between halves) · yi האַלבצײַט (sports: interval between halves) · fr half-time (sports: interval between halves) · hu félidő (sports: interval between halves) · cs poločas (sports: interval between halves) · es medio tiempo (sports: interval between halves) · is hálfleikur (sports: interval between halves) · nb pause (sports: interval between halves) · nn pause (sports: interval between halves) · sv halvtid (sports: interval between halves) · ca mitja part (sports: interval between halves) · af rustyd (sports: interval between halves) · bg полувре́ме (sports: interval between halves) · mk полувреме (sports: interval between halves) · it intervallo (sports: interval between halves) · ko 하프 타임 (sports: interval between halves) · sk polčas (sports: interval between halves) · ru полови́на вре́мени (time to halve the difference between present value and final value) · nl rust (sports: interval between halves) · ru тайм (sports: interval between halves) · fi väliaika (sports: interval between halves) · es descanso (sports: interval between halves) · be тайм (sports: interval between halves) · cmn 半衰期 (time to halve the difference between present value and final value) · cmn 半場 /半场 (sports: interval between halves) · mi weheruatanga (sports: interval between halves) · ms separuh masa (sports: interval between halves) · fi tauko (sports: interval between halves) · uk тайм (sports: interval between halves)