: an intermission between halves of a game or contest (as in football or basketball)
: involving or working half the standard hours
half-time
adverb
Examples of halftime in a Sentence
Noun
The score was tied at halftime.
The coaches discussed strategy during halftime.
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Tim Casey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The worst of it was surrendering a punishing 26-9 run that put the Hawks up 62-56 at halftime.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Jay Harris, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Real Madrid forward Linda Caicedo rounded off a lovely move in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time to pull one back for Colombia, but Japan restored its two-goal advantage in the 57th minute through half-time substitute Maika Hamano.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
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Noun
In the conference tournament quarterfinals, UConn fell behind Villanova, 36-31, at halftime before pulling away late for a 73-56 victory.
—Tim Casey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The worst of it was surrendering a punishing 26-9 run that put the Hawks up 62-56 at halftime.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Iwobi and Gray clashed again just before half-time.
—Jay Harris, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Real Madrid forward Linda Caicedo rounded off a lovely move in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time to pull one back for Colombia, but Japan restored its two-goal advantage in the 57th minute through half-time substitute Maika Hamano.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Halftime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halftime. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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halftime
noun
half·time
ˈhaf-ˌtīm 
ˈhȧf-
: an intermission marking the completion of half of a game (as in football)
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