halfway
gb/hˈæfwˈeɪ/ us/hˈæfwˈeɪ/
A2
Ingles
~ 1800
félúton, félig, részben, valaminek a felénél tart, félkész, félmunka, részleges
A2
1
félúton
B1
Padron ng paggamit:
[someone/something] is halfway [between X and Y]
The hotel is halfway between the airport and the city center.
A szálloda félúton van a repülőtér és a belváros között.
We stopped for lunch when we were halfway through our journey.
Félúton megálltunk ebédelni.
The park is about halfway down the street.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
The school is halfway between my house and the shop.
Az iskola félúton van a házam és a bolt között.
We are halfway to the beach now.
Most félúton vagyunk a strand felé.
The bus stop is halfway down the road.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'halfway' with 'half', using 'half' alone when they mean 'halfway'.
Kahulugan
At the middle point between two places
Mga kolokasyon
halfway point
|halfway mark
|halfway between
Mga kasingkahulugan
midway (More formal or literary, but same physical meaning.)
Mga kasalungat
end (Refers to the farthest point rather than the middle.)
Mga tema
daily life
|travel
|space
Depinisyon
In the middle between two places or points.
At a point that is equally distant from two ends or two places.
A2
2
Padron ng paggamit:
to be halfway [through something]
I'm only halfway through the book.
Még csak a könyv felénél tartok.
She was halfway convinced by his argument.
Az érvelése részben meggyőzte.
They are halfway finished with the project.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
I am halfway through my homework.
A házi feladatom felénél tartok.
We are halfway done with dinner.
Már félig végeztünk a vacsorával.
He is halfway finished with painting the wall.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes use 'middle' incorrectly instead of 'halfway' for progress in tasks.
Kahulugan
Partly but not completely done or true
Mga kolokasyon
halfway done
|halfway finished
|halfway through
Mga kasingkahulugan
partially (Formal synonym meaning 'in part', less colloquial.)
Mga kasalungat
completely (Means fully done or at the end, opposite of partial.)
Mga tema
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Depinisyon
Partly, but not fully or completely.
To an extent that is in the middle between two extremes, especially between not at all and completely.
B1
3
Padron ng paggamit:
a halfway [measure/solution/effort]
It was just a halfway solution to a serious problem.
Ez csak részleges megoldást jelentett egy súlyos problémára.
Don't do a halfway job on this project.
Ne végezz félmunkát ezen a projekten.
The reforms were criticized as being only halfway measures.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
This is a halfway plan to fix the car.
Ez még csak egy félkész terv az autó megjavítására.
He gave a halfway answer to my question.
Csak részleges választ adott a kérdésemre.
They made a halfway effort to clean the room.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may confuse this with meaning 'in the middle', but here it means 'partial'.
Kahulugan
Only partly complete or developed
Mga kolokasyon
halfway measure
|halfway solution
|halfway effort
Mga kasingkahulugan
incomplete (Neutral term for not finished, without implying low quality.)
Mga kasalungat
thorough (Implies full and complete in detail, opposite of partial.)
Mga tema
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Depinisyon
Not finished or not fully done.
Only partially completed, developed, or committed.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
halfway
IPA
GB/hˈæfwˈeɪ/
US/hˈæfwˈeɪ/
Mga pantig at diin
halfway (1 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (halfway)
Mga anyo ng salita
Adjective
- Base: halfway
Mga kaugnay na salita
Mga ekspresyon
go halfway to doing something
1/ɡˈoʊ hˈæfwˈeɪ tə dˈuɪŋ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
Do part of what is needed to achieve something
To do part but not everything needed to finish something.
Mga Halimbawa
- This new policy goes halfway to solving the problem.
- Their plan only goes halfway to meeting our needs.
halfway house
1/hˈæfwˈeɪ hˈaʊs/
fixed phrase
Residence for people in transition
A place where people live for a time when they are moving from prison or treatment back to normal life.
Mga Halimbawa
- After rehab, he spent six months in a halfway house.
- The city opened a new halfway house for former prisoners.
meet someone halfway
1/mˈit sˈʌmwˌʌn hˈæfwˈeɪ/
idiom
Compromise with someone
To agree to give up part of what you want so that you and another person can agree.
Mga Halimbawa
- If you meet me halfway, we can finish this deal today.
- They refused to meet us halfway on the price.