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halve
[ hav, hahv ]
verb (used with object)
- to divide into two equal parts.
- to share equally:
to halve one's rations with a stranger.
- to reduce to half.
- Golf. to play (a hole, round, or match) in the same number of strokes as one's opponent.
halve
/ ɑː /
verb
- to divide into two approximately equal parts
- to share equally
- to reduce by half, as by cutting
- golf to take the same number of strokes on (a hole or round) as one's opponent
Other Word Forms
- ܲ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of halve1
Idioms and Phrases
- halve together, to join (two pieces of wood) by cutting from one, at the place of joining, a portion fitting to that left solid in the other.
Example Sentences
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said the action would complement the government's pledge to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.
He subsequently halved this target and on 10 April talked about making savings of $150bn from "cutting fraud and waste" by the end of the next financial year in 2026.
The next step will be to halve the number of apprentices over the next year as their contracts finish, ending up with six by the end of this year.
Bypassing western Denmark, the new rail route will also halve travel times between Copenhagen and Hamburg from five to 2.5 hours, and provide a "greener" shortcut for freight and passengers.
Still, it had an effect on the fighting, halving the number of fatalities among Ukrainian soldiers in the following year.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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