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/ˈhɑːf/ · noun
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided..
I ate the smaller half of the apple.
You don’t know the half of it.
Of the passengers on the plane, half were English.
The cake was delicious: half was vanilla and half was chocolate.
Half (of) my friends live abroad.
I’ve bought some chocolate. You can have half.
One and a half miles equals a mile and a half.
Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
Use half when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Half means One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided..
Common synonyms include halfly, ½, semi-, hemi-.
Possible antonyms include whole.
I ate the smaller half of the apple.
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