Definition of half hour
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: thirty minutes
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: the middle point of an hour
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Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
Recent Examples of half hour from the Web
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Apparently, queen barely qualified as a career, since the princesses received just one and a half hours of schooling per day.
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Keane, who was on scene, said firefighters worked about two and a half hours to get the fire completely out.
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Following surgery on March 20 — operations that lasted about three and a half hours for Gabriela and four hours for Abel — Gabriela recalls waking up and being wheeled to her husband’s side.
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Before exiting the Challenger, Mr. Peterson had to breathe pure oxygen for three-and-a-half hours, to gradually reduce excess nitrogen from his body.
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In discrete-only mode, that dropped to just over four and a half hours.
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Atlanta just challenges the tone of half hour comedies and sitcoms and what that means.
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What was once often a three-hour show, now clocks in at a swiftly paced two-and-a-half hours.
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The battery should last for about two and a half hours.
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First Known Use of half hour
15th century
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Definition of half hour for English Language Learners
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: 30 minutes : a period of time that lasts for 30 minutes
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: the middle point of an hour
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