half-time
/hˈæftˌaɪm/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.36 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.
Example Sentences
- "Let's get some pizza at half-time."
- "I'm following a half-time schedule this month."
- "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."
- "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)."
- "I'm working half-time this month (two and a half days per week) before my maternity leave."
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Wiktionary places this term in Sports.