Definition of halfway
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:midway between two points
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:partial
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Examples of halfway in a Sentence
She was leading at the halfway mark of the race.
We're halfway toward completing the project.
They're only offering halfway measures, not a real solution.
Recent Examples of halfway from the Web
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The halfway moment strikes a cool chord as summer's sweltering last days simmer to a close.
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Twenty-five years after the fall of communism, Western Balkan countries have become halfway democracies and the region struggles with ethnic, religious and nationalist tensions.
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The season is not even halfway complete, but the three-way dance should be entertaining.
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The halfway house program enables convicts nearing the end of incarceration to work at jobs in the community during the day and sleep at the work-release facility.
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First responders were called Monday to Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge in West Brandywine Township, a private group home and halfway house for struggling drug addicts, according to the district attorney's office.
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First Known Use of halfway
1694
halfway Synonyms
Synonyms
deficient, fragmental, fragmentary, half, incomplete, partialAntonyms
complete, entire, full, intact, integral, perfect, wholeRelated Words
broken, damaged, flawed, impaired, imperfect, injured, marred, spoiled; sketchy, unassembled, uncompleted, unfinishedNear Antonyms
flawless, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred; completed, finishedHALFWAY Defined for English Language Learners
halfway
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adjective
Definition of halfway for English Language Learners
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: in the middle between two points
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: not total or complete
HALFWAY Defined for Kids
Definition of halfway for Students
:at or to half the distance
- Open the door halfway.
Definition of halfway for Students
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:midway between two points
- Stop at the halfway mark.
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:partial 1
- They took only halfway measures to help.
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