in half
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Into two halves.
prep_phrase
By a divisor of two; to a numerical value which is half of the original value.
Example Sentences
- "I broke the brank in half."
- "Nicholas picked up Mr Lenville's ash stick which had flown out of his hand, and breaking it in half, threw him the pieces."
- ""Kindly take them in batches of ten sheets, and tear them in half, Dunstable.""
- "A hero exhibiting “superhuman strength” has saved the life of a motorist trapped in a burning vehicle by bending the car's door in half with his bare hands."
- "A biotechnology cancer drug cuts in half the risk that one type of breast cancer will recur after surgery."
- "[H]e helped oversee a military offensive that cut the numbers of rebel forces in half to about 8,000 fighters."