In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one's duties.
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Halve
//hɑːv//
Synonyms for "halve" (69 found)
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Related words (34)
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6 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
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8 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- намалявам наполовина verb (to reduce to half of original)
- разполовявам verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Czech
2 entries- půlit verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- rozpůlit verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Dutch
2 entries- halveren verb (to reduce to half of original)
- halveren verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Finnish
3 entries- panna puoliksi verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- puolittaa verb (to reduce to half of original)
- puolittaa verb (to divide in two equal parts)
French
1 entries- diviser en deux verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Georgian
4 entries- ანახევრებს verb (to reduce to half of original)
- ანახევრებს verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- ნახევრად ამცირებს verb (to reduce to half of original)
- ნახევრად შეამცირებს verb (to reduce to half of original)
German
4 entries- halbieren verb (to reduce to half of original)
- halbieren verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- hälften verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- zweiteilen verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Hawaiian
2 entries- pālua verb (to reduce to half of original)
- pālua verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Hebrew
1 entries- חָצָה verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Hungarian
4 entries- elfelez verb (to reduce to half of original)
- felez verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- félbevág verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- kettéoszt verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Italian
2 entries- dimezzare verb (to reduce to half of original)
- dimezzare verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Korean
2 entries- 반으로 줄다 verb (to reduce to half of original)
- 이등분하다 verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Latin
2 entries- dimidiō verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- mediō verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dalinti pusiau verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Low German
3 entries- halvern verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- tobreken verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- tweibreken verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Māori
1 entries- weherua verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Old English
3 entries- hielfan verb (to reduce to half of original)
- hielfan verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- twidǣlan verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Polish
1 entries- połowić verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Portuguese
3 entries- cortar ao meio verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- mear verb (to reduce to half of original)
- mear verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Russian
4 entries- дели́ть попола́м verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- раздели́ть попола́м verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- сократи́ть наполови́ну verb (to reduce to half of original)
- сокраща́ть наполови́ну verb (to reduce to half of original)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- popoliviti verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Spanish
4 entries- demediar verb (to reduce to half of original)
- demediar verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- dimidiar verb (to reduce to half of original)
- dimidiar verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Swedish
2 entries- halvera verb (to reduce to half of original)
- halvera verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Tausug
1 entries- tunga verb (to reduce to half of original)
Turkish
3 entries- ikiye bölmek verb (to divide in two equal parts)
- yarılamak verb (to reduce to half of original)
- yarıya bölmek verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Welsh
2 entries- haneru verb (to reduce to half of original)
- haneru verb (to divide in two equal parts)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Halve that!
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He did not want to halve it.
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Halve it.
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