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halfway

UK/hɑːfˈweɪ//ˌhæfˈweɪ/

halfway adverb: half of the way between two points.

Adverb

halfway (not comparable)

  1. Half of the way between two points.
    • I was already halfway home when I missed my keyring.
    • One day has gone by and she's already halfway through the book.
    Synonyms:
    midway
  2. Moderately; somewhat.
    • a halfway decent place to sleep
    Synonyms:
    partway

Adjective

halfway (not comparable)

  1. Middle; midway; being in the middle of the way or distance.
    • John blacked out at the halfway point of the marathon.

Proper noun capitalized: Halfway

Halfway

  1. A community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  2. A community in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A village in County Cork, Ireland.
  4. A hamlet in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4068).
  5. An outer suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4381).
  6. A hamlet (Halfway Houses) in Upton Scudamore parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8748).
  7. An area (Halfwayhouse) in Glasgow, Scotland (given grid ref NS5463, not shown on maps)
  8. A suburb of Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6559).
  9. A hamlet in Talley community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6430).
  10. A suburb of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire (OS grid ref SN5200).
  11. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky.
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  1. A former unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky.
  2. Two former unincorporated communities in Williamson County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
  4. A village in Polk County, Missouri, United States.
  5. A small town in Baker County, Oregon, United States.
  6. An unincorporated hamlet in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.

halfway meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Sanskrit

halfway in Tamil

சரி பாதி, இருக்கும் அளவில், சமமான இரண்டு பங்கில், ஒரு பங்கு, செம்பாதித் தொலைவில்

halfway in Urdu

آدھے فاصلے پر, آدھے راستے پر, نیم طور پر

halfway in Malayalam

പകുതി വഴി

halfway in Sanskrit

midway
अर्धपथे ardhapathe

Examples of halfway in a sentence

  • It's July 1st, so this year is halfway over.
  • Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch.1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210:
  • "He comes halfway and I come halfway," said Mr.2010 March 25, Corey Kilgannon, “When Meeting Halfway Means in the Street”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Sep...
  • For Super Bowl visitors, Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens lies about halfway between the Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports.2020 January 7, Rebecca Wallwork, “Which South Florida airport should I fly into?”, in CNN:

All 40 example sentences with halfway

Synonyms of halfway

Forms of halfway

alternative formhalf-way

Origin of halfway

From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Compare partway. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halfway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”).

Words formed from halfway

Phrases with halfway

Questions about halfway

What does halfway mean?
Halfway means half of the way between two points.
What is halfway in Tamil?
Halfway in Tamil is சரி பாதி, இருக்கும் அளவில், சமமான இரண்டு பங்கில். See Halfway meaning in Tamil.
How do you use halfway in a sentence?
It's July 1st, so this year is halfway over.
What part of speech is halfway?
Halfway can be an adverb, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce halfway?
Halfway is pronounced /ˌhæfˈweɪ/ (US).

Words near halfway in the dictionary

  1. halftop
  2. halftrack
  3. halftracks
  4. halfwave
  5. halfwaves
  6. halfway
  7. halfway covenant
  8. halfway covenants
  9. Halfway Creek
  10. halfway decent
  11. halfway house

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: halfway (page history and authors); Halfway (page history and authors); halfway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); halfway (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); halfway (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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