Definition of First half

1. Noun. The first of two halves of play.

Generic synonyms: Half

Definition of First half

1. Noun. (sports) The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of First Half

first estate
first fiddle
first finger
first flight cover
first flight covers
first floor
first folio
first footing
first freedom fights
first fruits
first fundamental form
first gear
first gears
first grade
first grades
first half (current term)
first hand
first harmonic
first heart sound
first imperative
first imperatives
first in first out
first innings
first inversion
first inversions
first island chain
first lady
first language
first languages
first law of motion

Literary usage of First half

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The simili letters a, b, с, d, added to the page references indicate the sections of the page on which the errors occur. Thus a indicates the first half of ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"The number of words repeated in the first half of the experiment and the second half was about the same, even a few more in the second (255 and 262). ..."

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