Halve

/hɑːv/

Synonyms for "halve" (80 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Verb(3 words)

bisect bisected bisects

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Noun(2 words)

bisecting butterflies

Strong matches (24)

cleave cooperate cutcut awaycut in twocut offdichotomize dimidiate dissever dividedivide withdivvy updivvy up withexcise fission fissure fork gashgo even stephen

Noun(1 words)

cloves

Verb(4 words)

decrease dimidiate diminish divide

Related words (40)

go fifty-fiftygo halversgo halvesgo shareshack hewin halfincise jigsaw lance pare prune ramify rend rive saw scissor separate sever share

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share inslash slice slit snip splitsplit in twosplit the differencesubdivide sunder tear transect whittle

Verb(5 words)

halved reduce shrink split trim

Noun(1 words)

halving

Determiner(1 words)

two part piece

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries

decrease divide fraction

More specific

6 entries

bisect dwindle pare shrink split trim

Collocations

6 entries

budget halvingcost halvinghalving costshalving expenditurehalving revenuepopulation halving

Inflections

3 entries

halved halves halving

Derivations

2 entries

halver halving

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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 that!

Source: tatoeba (3679056)

He did not want to halve it.

Source: tatoeba (12766462)

Halve it.

Source: tatoeba (13602932)

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