A part approximately equal to one of these How to use half in a sentence. Either of the two equal or nearly equal parts that together make up a whole To the extent of exactly or nearly 50 percent The tank is half empty Not complete used before brother, sister, uncle, aunt, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is related only through one parent, grandparent, and so forth, rather than two.
Idioms in half, into two almost equal parts The vase broke in half Idioms not (the) half of it, a significant yet relatively minor part of something that remains to be described in full It's a shocking story, but you don't know the half of it. A prefix used to indicate that something is just half or done half, and therefore not total or fully done. One of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time
See examples of half used in a sentence. You use half to say that something is only partly the case or happens to only a limited extent His eyes were half closed His refrigerator frequently looked half empty. One of two equal parts of something To divide something into two equal parts
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