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 Pacers are halfway home to pulling off the series upset up 2-1 thanks to a game-high 30 points from Bojan Bogdanvoic.
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That's a respectable number but not even halfway home.
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The Toffees' skipper has now notched nine Premier League goals this campaign and picked up the November goal of the month award following his stupendous halfway line strike against West Ham last month.
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Alex Wood Series: Houston leads 2-1 in best-of-7 Preview A perfect fit in their own place, the Houston Astros are halfway home.
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Castellanos, also a finalist for The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2017, earned recognition for her halfway line strike for Venezuela against Cameroon at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2016.
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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 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 Known Use of halfway
1694
halfway Synonyms
Synonyms
deficient, fragmental, fragmentary, half, incomplete, partial;
HALFWAY Defined for English Language Learners
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.
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