halve (redirected from halving)

halve  (hv, häv)

tr.v. halved, halv·ing, halves

1. To divide (something) into two equal portions or parts.

2. To lessen or reduce by half: halved the recipe to serve two.

3. Informal To share (something) equally: The twins halve everything.

4. Sports To play (a golf game or hole) using the same number of strokes as one's opponent.

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[Middle English halven, from half, half; see half.]

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halve [hɑːv]

vb (tr)

1. to divide into two approximately equal parts

2. to share equally

3. to reduce by half, as by cutting

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf to take the same number of strokes on (a hole or round) as one's opponent

[Old English hielfan; related to Middle High German helben; see half]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

halve - divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake" arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations fraction, divide - perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"

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halve

verb

1. cut in half, reduce by fifty per cent, decrease by fifty per cent, lessen by fifty per cent The work force has been halved in two years.

2. split in two, cut in half, bisect, divide in two, share equally, divide equally Halve the pineapple and scoop out the inside.

Translations

halve [hɑːv]

A. VT (= divide) → partir por la mitad, partir en dos; (= reduce by half) → reducir a la mitad

B. VI → reducirse a la mitad

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halve [ˈhɑːv]

vt

(= divide into two parts) → partager en deux, diviser en deux (= cut into two parts) → couper en deux

(= reduce by half) [+ number, amount] → réduire de moitié; [+ value, price, costs] → réduire de moitié; [+ risk] → réduire de moitié

vi (= be reduced by half) [number, amount] → diminuer de moitié; [value, price, costs, profits, sales] → diminuer de moitié

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halve

vt

(= separate in two) → halbieren

(= reduce by one half) → auf die Hälfte reduzieren, halbieren

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halve [hɑːv] vt (divide) to halve (between) → dividere a metà or in due (tra); (reduce by half) → dimezzare, ridurre della metà

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halve, halves half