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# halfway

adverb (halfway); adjective (a halfway point)

«halfway» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Halfway means in the middle between two places or two times: halfway up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#m1)
2. Halfway can mean partly, not fully: halfway finished. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#m2)
3. To meet someone halfway means to agree to a compromise where both give up something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#m3)

### 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

- We stopped halfway up the mountain for a snack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x1)
- We are halfway there! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x2)
- Halfway between 0 and 100 is 50. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x3)
- I am halfway through my book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x4)
- The film stopped halfway because of a power cut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x5)
- Let's meet halfway: you choose the game and I choose the snack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x6)
- The ball crossed the halfway line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x7)
- He fell asleep halfway through the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x8)
- Before he was halfway to the farther shore, a storm overtook him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/#x9)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/halfway/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/halfway/#x2)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «halfway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halfway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«halfway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halfway.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «halfway» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/halfway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«halfway» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/halfway.html) on Mova free.