HALFWAY


Meaning of HALFWAY in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adverb

Etymology: Middle English, from half + way

1. : at a point at or near the middle : midway

two ships passing halfway across the ocean

2. : with concessions : in a state of readiness to negotiate : amenably

the revolutionists met the national government halfway

3.

a. : partially , almost : very nearly

the fighter halfway yielded

b. : more or less

a halfway kind remark

II. adjective

1. : equally distant from the extremes of a space or course : midway between two points

a halfway point

2. : partial

halfway measures

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