transcription, транскрипция: [ hɑ:fweɪ, AM hæf- ]
also half-way
1.
Halfway means in the middle of a place or between two points, at an equal distance from each of them.
Half-way across the car-park, he noticed she was walking with her eyes closed...
He was halfway up the ladder...
ADV : usu ADV prep / adv , also ADV after v
2.
Halfway means in the middle of a period of time or of an event.
By then, it was October and we were more than halfway through our tour.
ADV : ADV prep / adv
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Halfway is also an adjective.
Welsh international Matthew Postle was third fastest at the halfway point.
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
If you meet someone halfway , you accept some of the points they are making so that you can come to an agreement with them.
The Democrats are willing to meet the president halfway.
PHRASE : V inflects
4.
Halfway means reasonably. ( INFORMAL )
You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent...
ADV : ADV adj