half past
idiom
: half an hour after a stated time
The meeting began at half past two.
(British) The meeting began at half two.
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By half past two, the bleachers are packed; a helicopter tracks the scene overhead as men and women with earpieces make quickening tours.
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Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
Presentations are indoors, first-come first served, and have a limited capacity and take place half past the hour beginning at 12:30 p.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m.
—Anna Webb, Idaho Statesman, 1 Feb. 2024
Carabinieri, one of Italy’s main law enforcement bodies, showed up at McKennie’s house at 11:30 p.m. local time (an hour and a half past curfew) after being alerted by McKennie’s neighbors, Repubblica reported.
—Daniele Proch, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
In Monterey Park, at about half past eight o’clock in the morning, the authorities held another news conference.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2023
About half past ten o’clock the Knights paraded through the city, in knightly costume headed by the National Grays Band.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2022
Terry died around half past five the next evening, Sunday 18th December.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 21 Dec. 2022
However, when adjusted for Moroccan time and the volunteer’s jet lag, breakfast actually started closer to half past the hour.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
Around half past five, as the first flush of dawn appears, members of the Rulindo vegetable coöperative, a few hours northwest of Kigali, head into the fields.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
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Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
Presentations are indoors, first-come first served, and have a limited capacity and take place half past the hour beginning at 12:30 p.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m.
—Anna Webb, Idaho Statesman, 1 Feb. 2024
Carabinieri, one of Italy’s main law enforcement bodies, showed up at McKennie’s house at 11:30 p.m. local time (an hour and a half past curfew) after being alerted by McKennie’s neighbors, Repubblica reported.
—Daniele Proch, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
In Monterey Park, at about half past eight o’clock in the morning, the authorities held another news conference.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2023
About half past ten o’clock the Knights paraded through the city, in knightly costume headed by the National Grays Band.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2022
Terry died around half past five the next evening, Sunday 18th December.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 21 Dec. 2022
However, when adjusted for Moroccan time and the volunteer’s jet lag, breakfast actually started closer to half past the hour.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
Around half past five, as the first flush of dawn appears, members of the Rulindo vegetable coöperative, a few hours northwest of Kigali, head into the fields.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
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“Half past.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20past. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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