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halftime

halftime noun: the halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc. Also the alternative form of half-time.

Noun

halftime (countable and uncountable, plural halftimes)

  1. The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.

Also used as

halftime is also the alternative form of half-time.

halftime meaning in Nepali

halftime in Nepali

हाफटाइम

Forms of halftime

pluralhalftimes

Plural of halftime: halftimes

Origin of halftime

From half- + time.

Questions about halftime

What does halftime mean?
Halftime means the halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.
What is halftime in Nepali?
Halftime in Nepali is हाफटाइम. See Halftime meaning in Nepali.
What part of speech is halftime?
Halftime is a noun.
What is the plural of halftime?
The plural of halftime is halftimes.

Words near halftime in the dictionary

  1. halfstaff
  2. halfstaffs
  3. halfth
  4. halfths
  5. halftimbered
  6. halftime
  7. halftimes
  8. halftone
  9. halftoned
  10. halftones
  11. halftoning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: halftime (page history and authors); halftime (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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