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other half
Definition of other half
1 : a group of people who are not like someone because they are either very rich or very poor —used in the phrase how the other half lives They won a million dollars and, for a few years, got to see how the other half lives.
2 chiefly British, old-fashioned + humorous : a person's wife or husband I don't believe we have anything planned for that night, but let me check with my other half.
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: being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included
: being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied
: second
: one that remains of two or more
: a thing opposite to or excluded by something else
: a different or additional one
: one of two that remains
: each preceding one
: a different or additional one
: otherwise
: either of two equal parts that compose something
: a part approximately equal to one of these
: one of a pair: such as
: being one of two equal parts
: that is approximately equal to either of two equal parts that compose something : amounting to approximately half
: falling short of the full or complete thing : partial
: in an equal part or degree
: not completely : partially
: by any means : at all
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