half-hour

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [haf, hahf ouuh r, ou-er]
- /hæf, hɑf aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/
- /hɑːf ˈaʊə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [haf, hahf ouuh r, ou-er]
- /hæf, hɑf aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definitions of half-hour word

noun half-hour a period of 30 minutes. 1
noun half-hour the midpoint between the hours: The clock struck on the half-hour. 1
adjective half-hour of, relating to, or consisting of a half-hour: half-hour programs. 1
countable noun half-hour A half-hour is a period of thirty minutes. 0
noun half-hour a period of 30 minutes 0
noun half-hour (as modifier) 0

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Origin of half-hour

First appearance:

before 1375

One of the 22% oldest English words

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425

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Parts of speech for Half-hour

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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half-hour popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

half-hour

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delay

split-time

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