half-time
The English word “half-time” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The interval between the two halves of a sports match.
- Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period.
- 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).
- The time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value.
adjective
- Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.
adverb
Etymology
From half- + time.
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