Plural of half
irregular plural
The plural of half is halves.
Forms of half
| Singular | half /ˈhɑːf/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | halves /hɑːvz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Halves in a sentence
- Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.2016 March 24, Darryl Sterdan, “ZAYN’s ‘Mind of Mine’ and Gwen Stefani’s ‘This is What the Truth Feels Like’ top this week’s new music”, in...
- An association football match usually consists of two halves of 45 minutes each.
- Would you like to go halves on the grocery bill?From the entry go halves
- Let's go halves on this big watermelon.From the entry go halves
- Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch.From the entry bunch
Meaning of half
- noun One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- noun One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
- noun One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
Nouns ending in -f: plural -ves
Questions about the plural of half
- What is the plural of half?
- The plural of half is halves.
- Is half countable?
- Half is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: half (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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