verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a number halves (= becomes twice as small )
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The number of children failing at school has halved in recent years.
in two/halves/pieces etc
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I tore the letter in two and threw the pieces in the fire.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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But Coun Carr stressed that the 1990-1 debt had been almost halved from £6.5m to £3.5m in just nine months.
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Most strikingly, the Daily Mirror almost halved its public-affairs coverage as a proportion of space in 1937 compared with 1927.
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Numbers are down from 700 to 500, as the town's population has almost halved since independence in 1991.
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At the same time step-parent adoptions have been discouraged and have almost halved since the Children Act 1975.
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The council tax means the number of bills to be processed will be almost halved to forty six thousand.
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The chances of being killed in a road accident have almost halved since 1979.
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The company's workforce has been almost halved to 102 in three years.
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The suicide rate for young men has doubled since the early Eighties, while for women it has almost halved .
■ NOUN
number
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If no X appears, halve the numbers that appear on lines 5 and 13.
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It contained a plan to halve the number of places in children's day centres from 1989.
rate
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A half-speed recorder would effectively halve the rate of tax that consumers would pay, should a levy be introduced.
value
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In the first place, the pension being offered was roughly halved in value .
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As a rule, these differences will do no more than double or halve the average value .
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But that estimate has risen sharply because most rely on importing components, and the rouble has since halved in value .
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It is being paid by people whose money, as of 1 July, has been halved in value .
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Linda knew if she offered the chocs around the loss of the four best ones would halve the value of her box.
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Not only has their home halved in value .
year
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In the past 10 years drink-driving deaths have halved to 700 a year.
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In Gloucestershire, the number of positive pre-Christmas breath tests has halved in 6 years , reflecting a public change of attitude.
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At one site, the amount of coral had been halved in just three years .
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But after death, the amount of radiocarbon decreases at a fixed rate: it halves every 5730 years .
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City experts say profits could halve over the next year as the other supermarket chains eat into Gateway's market share.
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Meanwhile, the price of laser-printers halves every four years or so, and their resolution and speed continue to improve.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
go halves (on sth)
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Do you want to go halves on a pizza?
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He generously agrees to go halves on you.
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She'd promised to go halves with him if he got anywhere in his negotiations.
go halves (with sb)
not do sth by halves
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I'm sure it will be a fantastic wedding. Eva never does anything by halves .
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He comes from a family that does not do things by halves .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Halve the eggplant lengthwise and hollow out the center.
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His 13-year prison term was halved because of good behavior.
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The overseas aid budget has been almost halved, from $18m to just over $10m.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the current rate, costs will be halved again within a decade.
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Farming clubs have seen their incomes halved and, if the economics pundits are right, will soon be halved again.
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He aims to halve unemployment to four percent by 2000 by spending about 10 billion kronor to educate and train workers.
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The dish can be halved or quartered as needed.
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This is estimated at 1.1m pairs and has more than halved in the past 30 years.
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Thus, assuming two-thirds of those retiring were replaced in work by unemployment beneficiaries, the financial costs could have been halved.