half-hour
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half-hour
(hăf′our′, häf′-)n.
1. A period of 30 minutes.
2. The middle point of an hour: The clock chimes on the half-hour.
half′-hour′ly adv. & adj.
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half-hour
n
1. (Units)
a. a period of 30 minutes
b. (as modifier): a half-hour stint on the treadmill.
2.
a. the point of time 30 minutes after the beginning of an hour
b. (as modifier): a half-hour chime.
ˌhalf-ˈhourly adv, adj
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half′-hour′
n.
1. a period of 30 minutes.
2. the midpoint of an hour, as 12:30.
adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or consisting of a half-hour.
[1375–1425]
half′-hour′ly adj., adv.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods 60 minutes, hour, hr - a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour" |
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Translations
half-hour
[ˈhɑːfˈaʊəʳ]A. N → media hora f
the clock struck the half-hour → el reloj dio y media or dio la media
on the half-hour → a y media
the clock struck the half-hour → el reloj dio y media or dio la media
on the half-hour → a y media
B. CPD [meeting, session, drive] → de media hora
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
half-hour
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