halfway

«halfway» in Mova's judaism dictionary: in the middle between two places or two times: halfway up… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (halfway); adjective (a halfway point)

meaning for a pupil

1) Halfway means in the middle between two places or two times: halfway up the hill. tree →

2) Halfway can mean partly, not fully: halfway finished. tree →

3) To meet someone halfway means to agree to a compromise where both give up something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, the halfway point between two numbers is their middle: halfway between 10 and 20 is 15 (add them and divide by 2); halfway through a 60-minute lesson is 30 minutes. In stories and travel: halfway there. In sport: halftime at the halfway line. Phrases: halfway through, halfway between, halfway there, meet halfway, halfway line.

examples

• And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• We stopped halfway up the mountain for a snack. tree →
• We are halfway there! tree →
• Halfway between 0 and 100 is 50. tree →
• I am halfway through my book. tree →
• The film stopped halfway because of a power cut. tree →
• Let's meet halfway: you choose the game and I choose the snack. tree →
• The ball crossed the halfway line. tree →
• He fell asleep halfway through the story. tree →
• Before he was halfway to the farther shore, a storm overtook him. tree →

note

One word: halfway (also written «half-way» in older British books). Maths: halfway = one half of the distance or time; halfway between a and b = (a + b) ÷ 2.

In the corpora

• And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
• And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.
• On a real head the eyes sit about halfway down, not near the top.
• Halfway through his speech, he notices the Rat is asleep.
• Kai changes his mind halfway through a book: that is not failing, it is reading well.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «halfway» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.