Halfway — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

equally distant from the extremes

at a point midway between two extremes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈæfweɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɑːfweɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɑːfweɪ/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈæfweɪ/.

Examples

at the halfway mark
halfway measures
he was halfway down the ladder when he fell

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

midway middle center

Parts of Speech

adjective	equally distant from the extremes
adjective	at a point midway between two extremes “at the halfway mark”
adjective	including only half or a portion “halfway measures”
adverb	at half the distance; at the middle “he was halfway down the ladder when he fell”

Word Forms

center

noun

a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

halb

ebenso weit entfernt von den Extremen

🇫🇷French

à mi-chemin

à égale distance des extrêmes

🇪🇸Spanish

a medio camino

igualmente distante de los extremos

🇮🇹Italian

a metà strada

ugualmente distanti dagli estremi

🇳🇱Dutch

halverwege

even ver verwijderd van de uitersten

🇵🇹Portuguese

meio caminho

igualmente distante dos extremos

🇷🇺Russian

наполовину

одинаково далеки от крайностей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आधे रास्ते

चरम सीमाओं से समान रूप से दूर

🇧🇩Bengali

অর্ধেক পথ

চরম থেকে সমানভাবে দূরে

🇮🇳Tamil

பாதி வழியில்

உச்சநிலையிலிருந்து சமமாக தொலைவில் உள்ளது

🇮🇳Telugu

సగం

విపరీతాల నుండి సమానంగా దూరం

🇮🇳Marathi

अर्धवट

टोकापासून तितकेच दूर

🇮🇳Gujarati

અડધા રસ્તે

ચરમસીમાઓથી સમાન રીતે દૂર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅರ್ಧದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲೇ

ವಿಪರೀತಗಳಿಂದ ಸಮಾನವಾಗಿ ದೂರವಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പാതിവഴിയിൽ

അങ്ങേയറ്റങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് തുല്യ അകലം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅੱਧਾ ਰਾਹ

ਅਤਿਅੰਤ ਤੋਂ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਦੂਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

آدھے راستے

انتہاؤں سے اتنا ہی دور

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

半

离极端同样遥远

🇯🇵Japanese

中途半端

極端な点からも同様に離れている

🇰🇷Korean

도중에

극단으로부터도 똑같이 멀리 떨어져 있다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nửa chừng

cách xa nhau như nhau từ các thái cực

🇹🇭Thai

ครึ่งทาง

ห่างไกลจากความสุดขั้วพอๆ กัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

setengah jalan

sama jauhnya dari ekstrem

🇵🇭Filipino

kalahating daan

pantay na malayo sa mga sukdulan

🇲🇾Malay

separuh jalan

sama jauh dari keterlaluan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

في منتصف الطريق

بعيدة بنفس القدر عن التطرف

🇮🇷Persian

نیمه راه

به همان اندازه از افراط فاصله دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

yarı yolda

aşırılıklara eşit derecede uzak

🇮🇱Hebrew

בְּחַצִי הַדֶרֶך

מרוחקים באותה מידה מהקצוות

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