half hour

noun

1
: thirty minutes
2
: the middle point of an hour
half-hourly adverb or adjective

Examples of half hour in a Sentence

Trains depart every half hour. I waited a half hour in line.
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When his girlfriend was in the hospital for a month, John took on her cleaning job as well, all while driving two and half hours every day to visit her. Simar Bajaj, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024 Return shuttles to Tempe will begin at 1:30 a.m. departing every half hour. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024 Each port can deliver 100W of output, getting a power-hungry laptop up to 50% charged in only a half hour. Advertising Content From Anker, PCMAG, 26 Nov. 2024 Indigenous peoples express gratitude for the harvest A half hour drive from the Habitation sits the Mi’kmaw community of Bear River First Nation, which is called L’sitkuk in the Mi’kmaw language. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for half hour 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of half hour was in the 15th century

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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

half hour

noun
1
: thirty minutes
2
: the middle point of an hour
half-hourly
ˈhaf-ˈau̇(ə)r-lē
ˈhȧf-
adverb or adjective
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