and a half
idiom
1
—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
2
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
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Under the deal struck between the mayor and new owner, the rent increases by 3 percent a year, meaning the property would cost the city a total of $92 million in rent over three and a half decades.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The event was postponed three and a half months last year following numerous severe rainstorms that soaked Sacramento, compromising Discovery Park.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
The group spent about three and a half hours in jail.
—Dara Kerr, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Three and a half weeks after first announcing the startling news that cows from a milking herd in Texas had tested positive for H5N1, the government agencies involved in the investigations have not yet revealed what research shows about whether pasteurization of milk kills this specific virus.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 18 Apr. 2024
After about three and a half hours of deliberation, the jury found Lawyer guilty in the deaths of O’Tishae and Ka’Myria Womack in the victims’ apartment.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024
Consume Carbondale Address: 201 E. Main St. in Carbondale
Distance from Louisville: About 230 miles, or between three and a half and four hours.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
Suddenly, a roster that was two and a half players deep in last year’s playoffs can now comfortably include seven or eight quality players.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2024
After each walking for 90 days and covering around twelve and a half miles a day, the artists reunited on a stone bridge in Shaanxi Province.
—Michael I. Norton, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The event was postponed three and a half months last year following numerous severe rainstorms that soaked Sacramento, compromising Discovery Park.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
The group spent about three and a half hours in jail.
—Dara Kerr, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Three and a half weeks after first announcing the startling news that cows from a milking herd in Texas had tested positive for H5N1, the government agencies involved in the investigations have not yet revealed what research shows about whether pasteurization of milk kills this specific virus.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 18 Apr. 2024
After about three and a half hours of deliberation, the jury found Lawyer guilty in the deaths of O’Tishae and Ka’Myria Womack in the victims’ apartment.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024
Consume Carbondale Address: 201 E. Main St. in Carbondale
Distance from Louisville: About 230 miles, or between three and a half and four hours.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
Suddenly, a roster that was two and a half players deep in last year’s playoffs can now comfortably include seven or eight quality players.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2024
After each walking for 90 days and covering around twelve and a half miles a day, the artists reunited on a stone bridge in Shaanxi Province.
—Michael I. Norton, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
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“And a half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20a%20half. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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