: an intermission between halves of a game or contest (as in football or basketball)
: involving or working half the standard hours
half-time
adverb
Examples of halftime in a Sentence
Noun
The score was tied at halftime.
The coaches discussed strategy during halftime.
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In 2015, Perry opened her Super Bowl halftime performance by riding an enormous animatronic lion.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Carrie Welton, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
Just before half-time, Arsenal attacker Leandro Trossard committed a foul before kicking the ball across the pitch, earning a controversial second yellow card.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
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Noun
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—Isabel C. Morales, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
In 2015, Perry opened her Super Bowl halftime performance by riding an enormous animatronic lion.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Adjective
People who are enrolled in a higher education institution at least half-time must also fulfill one other criterion to qualify.
—Carrie Welton, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
Just before half-time, Arsenal attacker Leandro Trossard committed a foul before kicking the ball across the pitch, earning a controversial second yellow card.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Halftime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halftime. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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halftime
noun
half·time
ˈhaf-ˌtīm 
ˈhȧf-
: an intermission marking the completion of half of a game (as in football)
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