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half-read

UK/hɑːfˈɹɛd//hæfˈɹɛd/

half-read adjective: partly read.

Adjective

half-read (not comparable)

  1. Partly read.
    • I put down my half-read book and went outside.
  2. (obsolete) Inadequately or superficially educated by reading.
    • The clown unread, and half-read gentleman1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Origin of half-read

From half- + read.

Questions about half-read

What does half-read mean?
Half-read means partly read.
What part of speech is half-read?
Half-read is an adjective.
How do you pronounce half-read?
Half-read is pronounced /hæfˈɹɛd/ (US).

Words near half-read in the dictionary

  1. half-rate
  2. half-ray
  3. half-rays
  4. half-reaction
  5. half-reactions
  6. half-read
  7. half-relaxation time
  8. half-relaxation times
  9. half-relief
  10. half-remember
  11. half-rep

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