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halfway

avverbioaggettivocorrente nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//hɑːfˈweɪ//
  • Stati Uniti//ˌhæfˈweɪ//

Half of the way between two points.

avverbio

  1. 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. 2

    Moderately; somewhat.

    a halfway decent place to sleep

Etimologia

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”).

aggettivo

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    Middle; midway; being in the middle of the way or distance.

    John blacked out at the halfway point of the marathon.

Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

Contenuto lessicale tratto da Wiktionary, sotto licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 · Voce di origine · Versione dei dati 2026-08-23

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