HALF-HOUR Definition & Meaning

half-hour

[ haf-ouuhr, -ou-er, hahf- ]

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noun

a period of 30 minutes.
the midpoint between the hours:
The clock struck on the half-hour.

adjective

of, relating to, or consisting of a half-hour:
half-hour programs.

half-hour

noun

1. a period of 30 minutes
2. ( as modifier )
  a half-hour stint on the treadmill
1. the point of time 30 minutes after the beginning of an hour
2. ( as modifier )
  a half-hour chime

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of half-hour¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

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We drove about a half-hour outside of Milwaukee to Waukesha - a swing county that President Trump won.

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“He had, every morning, one of a handful of experts on for the first half-hour or so of the show,” Camhi says, speaking from his home in Pasadena.

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A half-hour later, Bass’ flight landed at Los Angeles International Airport, likely navigating through heavy plumes of smoke before arriving at the gate at 11:24 a.m.

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The half-hour programme features letters from parents to their children - in which they pass on the advice and life lessons which matter to them - and a conversation with the show's host Namulanta Kombo.

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A half-hour away in Palm Desert, Swiss artist Raphael Hefti, 46, has stretched an impossibly long strip of reinforced fire-hose material, jet black on one side and mirror-bright silver on the other.

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