Used in a Sentence

half-time

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for half-time.

Editorial note

The ad revenue systems you complain about are because people who spend half-time or more working on projects need funding, and Kickstarter/Patreon/etc.

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Quick take

Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of half-time gathered in one view.

adjective

Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.

adverb

In a half time manner.

noun

(sports) The interval between the two halves of a sports match.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for half-time.

adjective

Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.

adverb

In a half time manner.

noun

(sports) The interval between the two halves of a sports match.

noun

(sometimes attributive) Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period.

Example sentences

1

The ad revenue systems you complain about are because people who spend half-time or more working on projects need funding, and Kickstarter/Patreon/etc.

2

If I were to pick him up after school and come home with him every day, it would mean that I could only have a half-time job maximum..

3

I'd myself personally prefer going half-time (20 hrs/week), with the option of working extra hours.

4

A coworker of mine would rather be on a half-time program with reduced or no benefits (and is brilliant enough to merit the inconvenience to the organization).

5

I'm only 16, so my pay isn't there yet, but I get the idea that most professional consultants could pretty easily support a modest lifestyle working half-time.

6

If the Patriots followed that procedure, which there is no reason to believe they didn't, and which is legal, one expects from the ideal gas law that their balls would seem under-inflated at half-time.

7

The analogy I use is like you were the half-time [basketball] coach, and I walk in and it’s half-time, and you’re down by 100 points … They had been beat down by that corporate bureaucracy, they knew they were about to lose to Facebook.

8

There's nothing wrong with daycare (my eldest went half-time for a year for the social opportunities and because it's free in the UK;-)) but a full-time parent can provide even more variety and social opportunities with the right resources and the right community around them.

9

The government therefore views the employer as having a perfectly reasonable option in the case where they are truly short of money: fire the employees you can't afford to pay before they work the hours you don't have money for (or something halfway, like giving people a non-optional offer to go down to half-time).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use half-time in a sentence?

The ad revenue systems you complain about are because people who spend half-time or more working on projects need funding, and Kickstarter/Patreon/etc.

What does half-time mean?

Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.

What part of speech is half-time?

half-time is commonly used as adjective, adverb, noun.