Half-time

Quick meaning: Half-time is a noun meaning (sports) The interval between the two halves of a sports match.

Meaning

(sports) The interval between the two halves of a sports match.

More Meanings

1. (sometimes attributive) Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period.
2. (physics) The time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value.
3. Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.
4. In a half time manner.
5. (music) 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).

Example Sentences

Let's get some pizza at half-time.

I'm following a half-time schedule this month.

I'm working half-time this month (two and a half days per week) before my maternity leave.

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).

Word Forms

• half-times
• halftime

Synonyms for half-time

Depending on context, synonyms include part-time.

Antonyms for half-time

Common opposites include full-time.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include part-time, interval, range, halftime, half, half-life.

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