halfway

adverbeadjectifcourant dans les dialogues

Royaume-Uni//hɑːfˈweɪ//
États-Unis//ˌhæfˈweɪ//

Half of the way between two points.

adverbe

1
Half of the way between two points.
I was already halfway home when I missed my keyring.
One day has gone by and she's already halfway through the book.
It's July 1st, so this year is halfway over.
Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch.
2
Moderately; somewhat.
a halfway decent place to sleep

Étymologie

From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Compare partway. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halfway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”).

adjectif

1
Middle; midway; being in the middle of the way or distance.
John blacked out at the halfway point of the marathon.

Haley · A surname from Old English, variant of Hayley, a common…half · One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything…half-hour · A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.

halfway · Half of the way between two points.

Halfway · A community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.hall · A corridor; a hallway.Hall · A surname. A British and Scandinavian topographic surname…

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