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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Alternative spelling of half-time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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adv
Alternative spelling of half-time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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noun
Alternative spelling of half-time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
an intermission between the first and second half of a game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
History
Etymology tree English half- Proto-Indo-European *deh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh2y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh2i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English halftime From half- + time.
