halves

[havz, hahvz] / hævz, hɑvz /

NOUN

one of two equal parts of a whole

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fraction

STRONG

bisection division hemisphere moiety

WEAK

fifty percent

VERB

cut in half

Synonyms

STRONG

bisect

WEAK

divide equally reduce by fifty percent share equally split in two

Antonyms

WEAK

combine

Example Sentences

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So this gets us to the big story of this Budget of two halves.

From BBC

When two teams are paired, they are placed in opposite halves of the knockout bracket and cannot meet each other until the final.

From BBC

Israel currently occupies both halves of the village and was supposed to have withdrawn from the Lebanese half under the UN Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 war.

From BBC

He didn’t prompt regular chants from the T-Mobile Park crowd the way the center fielder did — he just put together one of the more dominant second halves in MLB.

From Seattle Times

It doesn’t help that her identity crisis is conflated with a romantic crisis, as lovers from the two halves of her life vie for her affection.

From New York Times