and a half

idiom

—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement

My daughter is two and a half (years old).

The fish was a foot and a half long.

weighs ten and a half pounds

informal

—used to say that something is very good, large, difficult, etc.

That was a meal and a half!

Renovating a house is a job and a half.

Examples of and a half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The spread will go untouched over the next three and a half hours while Nicks takes me on a wild ride through her life — and, at one point, into the bedroom to meet her Stevie Nicks Barbies. —

Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024 That was six and a half years ago – or several aeons in AI time. —

New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2024 Over the past three and a half years, the Biden administration has also provided funding for Indian water rights settlements, including a historic $5 billion settlement in July that included the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. —

Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024 The video was only a minute and a half long, but has now been viewed more than 7 million times. —

Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for and a half

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