A part approximately equal to one of these The tank is half empty How to use half in a sentence.
Woman ends up half naked after treadmill fall strips off her pants
Either of the two equal or nearly equal parts that together make up a whole
One of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time
A part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder. See examples of half used in a sentence. The phrase half again expresses an amount in addition to the amount being compared to E.g., half as many people refers to 50% of the original number, while half again as many people refers to 150% of the original number.
Idioms in half, into two almost equal parts The vase broke in half Idioms not (the) half of it, a significant yet relatively minor part of something that remains to be described in full It's a shocking story, but you don't know the half of it.
To the extent of exactly or nearly 50 percent
