: an intermission between halves of a game or contest (as in football or basketball)
: involving or working half the standard hours
half-time
adverb
Examples of halftime in a Sentence
Noun
The score was tied at halftime.
The coaches discussed strategy during halftime.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 9 June 2025
The lineup reveal comes a couple of months after it was first announced that Martin would be spearheading the Super Bowl halftime show-esque concert, building on his history as the Global Citizen Festival’s international curator.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 June 2025
Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Villa were 5-2 down on aggregate at half-time and so very nearly came back to produce one of the most utterly thrilling back-from-the-brink wins in Champions League history.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Noun
The halftime extravaganza is being produced by Global Citizen and curated by a longtime advisor for that advocacy group, Coidplay’s Chris Martin.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 June 2025
The lineup reveal comes a couple of months after it was first announced that Martin would be spearheading the Super Bowl halftime show-esque concert, building on his history as the Global Citizen Festival’s international curator.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 June 2025
Adjective
There were loud boos at half-time, a smattering in the closing minutes and a few more at the final whistle as England played without any real intensity, were sloppy in possession and struggled to break down a team more than happy to sit everyone behind the ball.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Villa were 5-2 down on aggregate at half-time and so very nearly came back to produce one of the most utterly thrilling back-from-the-brink wins in Champions League history.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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“Halftime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halftime. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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halftime
noun
half·time
ˈhaf-ˌtīm 
ˈhȧf-
: an intermission marking the completion of half of a game (as in football)
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