: 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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Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2024
Teams with a lead of 23 or more points at halftime, even in this season when comebacks looked easier than ever before, were 76-0 this season entering Friday night.
—Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Any semblance of the match being a contest was ended just before half-time when Porteous was shown a straight red card for his wild lunge on Gündoğan, which also resulted in a Germany penalty that Havertz converted with nonchalance.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 14 June 2024
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Noun
The Mavs offense struggled alongside him scoring 46 points at halftime and Josh Green was the only Dallas player in double figures with 10 first-half points and trailed 67-46 at the half.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2024
Teams with a lead of 23 or more points at halftime, even in this season when comebacks looked easier than ever before, were 76-0 this season entering Friday night.
—Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
Adjective
In the 2023 election, the school board flipped to Democratic control, and members have decided to expand the contract.
CHR plans to have two full-time employees, and one half-time employee.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Any semblance of the match being a contest was ended just before half-time when Porteous was shown a straight red card for his wild lunge on Gündoğan, which also resulted in a Germany penalty that Havertz converted with nonchalance.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 14 June 2024
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“Halftime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halftime. Accessed 2 Jul. 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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