halfway
half|way /h'ɑːfw'eɪ, AM h'æf-/
also half-way
1 [ADV] usu ADV prep/adv, also ADV after v
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...
2 [ADV] ADV prep/adv
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.
[ADJ] ADJ n
Halfway is also an adjective.
Welsh international Matthew Postle was third fastest at the halfway point.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
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.
4 [ADV] ADV adj
Halfway means reasonably. (INFORMAL)
You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent...half|way house (halfway houses)
1 [N-SING]
A halfway house is an arrangement or thing that has some of the qualities of two different things.
A halfway house between the theatre and cinema is possible. Olivier created one in his imaginative `Henry V' in 1945.
2 [N-COUNT]
A halfway house is a home for people such as former prisoners, mental patients, or drug addicts who can stay there for a limited period of time to get used to life outside prison or hospital.
also half-way
1 [ADV] usu ADV prep/adv, also ADV after v
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...
2 [ADV] ADV prep/adv
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.
[ADJ] ADJ n
Halfway is also an adjective.
Welsh international Matthew Postle was third fastest at the halfway point.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
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.
4 [ADV] ADV adj
Halfway means reasonably. (INFORMAL)
You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent...half|way house (halfway houses)
1 [N-SING]
A halfway house is an arrangement or thing that has some of the qualities of two different things.
A halfway house between the theatre and cinema is possible. Olivier created one in his imaginative `Henry V' in 1945.
2 [N-COUNT]
A halfway house is a home for people such as former prisoners, mental patients, or drug addicts who can stay there for a limited period of time to get used to life outside prison or hospital.