half

Pronunciation: [hɑ:f]

Average Rank: 417

Source: ECDICT

n. 一半, 半场, 不完全 a. 一半的, 不完全的, 部分的, 半场的 adv. 一半地, 部分地, 在某种程度上地, 几乎

n. one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
s. consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
s. partial
a. (of siblings) related through one parent only

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk

Plural: halves

Word Frequency Rankings

#462

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.4% (Top 95.4% most frequent)

95.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#499

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 95.0% (Top 95.0% most frequent)

95.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#289

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.1% (Top 97.1% most frequent)

97.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.