and a half

idiom

—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement

My daughter is two and a half (years old).

The fish was a foot and a half long.

weighs ten and a half pounds

informal

—used to say that something is very good, large, difficult, etc.

That was a meal and a half!

Renovating a house is a job and a half.

Examples of and a half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Vance, 39, won election to the U.S. Senate in 2022, and has only been a senator for a year and a half. —

Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 15 July 2024 All in, the application of Cage’s hair and makeup took two and a half hours every morning. —

Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 July 2024 Each of those three categories seems to have experienced decades of development just in the last two and a half years. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024 Sizes range from 2 inches on ‘Mouse Ears’ to over a foot and a half on giant hostas. —

Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for and a half

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