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At school, myself and some pals, all football-daft, divided up the old English First Division and wrote off to half a dozen clubs each asking for a trial.
Drew Busby

Meaning of "half a dozen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF A DOZEN

half a dozen  [hɑːf ə ˈdʌzən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF A DOZEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half a dozen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALF A DOZEN


amazon
ˈæməzən
cater-cousin
ˈkeɪtəˌkʌzən
chosen
ˈtʃəʊzən
citizen
ˈsɪtɪzən
cousin
ˈkʌzən
couzin
ˈkʌzən
cozen
ˈkʌzən
crimson
ˈkrɪmzən
Curzon
ˈkɜːzən
dozen
ˈdʌzən
frozen
ˈfrəʊzən
horizon
həˈraɪzən
off-season
ˌɒfˈsiːzən
poison
ˈpɔɪzən
prison
ˈprɪzən
reason
ˈriːzən
risen
ˈrɪzən
season
ˈsiːzən
Susan
ˈsuːzən
Tarzan
ˈtɑːzən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF A DOZEN

half
half an eye
half an hour
half and half
half board
half coupling
half eagle
half fare
half frame
half gainer
half holiday
half landing
half measure
half measures
half pay
half pint
half rest
half seas over
half step
half term

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF A DOZEN

a dime a dozen
baker´s dozen
Bozen
by the dozen
deepfrozen
half-dozen
half-frozen
lozen
nonfrozen
quick-frozen
refrozen
talk nineteen to the dozen
unfrozen

Synonyms and antonyms of half a dozen in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «half a dozen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF A DOZEN

Find out the translation of half a dozen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half a dozen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half a dozen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半打
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

media docena
570 millions of speakers

English

half a dozen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधा दर्जन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف دزينة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полдюжины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meia dúzia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধ ডজন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

une demi-douzaine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah dozen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ein halbes Dutzend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半ダース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대여섯
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah rolas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một nửa tá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை டஜன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा डझन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarım düzine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

una mezza dozzina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół tuzina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

півдюжини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

o jumătate de duzină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισή ντουζίνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

helfte van ´n dosyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ett halvt dussin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

et halvt dusin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half a dozen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF A DOZEN»

The term «half a dozen» is very widely used and occupies the 3.036 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF A DOZEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half a dozen

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10 QUOTES WITH «HALF A DOZEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word half a dozen.
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Barbara Amiel
Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II.
2
Antony Beevor
I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.
3
E. T. Bell
Out of fifty mathematical papers presented in brief at such a meeting, it is a rare mathematician indeed who really understands what more than half a dozen are about.
4
Drew Busby
At school, myself and some pals, all football-daft, divided up the old English First Division and wrote off to half a dozen clubs each asking for a trial.
5
Brandi Carlile
I grew up in a single-wide, three-bedroom mobile home with my family. And now I see them, like, half a dozen times a year. Figuring out how to come home and talk to them again and feel like myself has probably been the greatest challenge.
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William Devane
I don't play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains.
7
Alan Dean Foster
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Sarah Lacy
My husband and I own half a dozen iPods, a Mac desktop, and four Mac laptops. We're clearly fans of Mr. Jobs' work.
9
Elmore Leonard
Writing screenplays is not my business. I've written half a dozen, and maybe half of those were made. But it was never a satisfying experience. It was just work. You're an employee. You would be told what to do. Studio execs would cross out my dialogue and put in their dialogue.
10
Amanda Palmer
I've always been a creative workaholic. I have never had a period of my life where I didn't have at least half a dozen projects going on at once.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF A DOZEN»

Discover the use of half a dozen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half a dozen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Man of Maybe Half-a-dozen Faces
With two men already dead, strangled by printer cables, and a beautiful woman begging him for help, Skylight Howells is drawn into a dangerous, bizarre mystery. Original.
Ray Vukcevich, 2000
2
Half a Dozen Girls
Up-stairs in the large front room sat her mother and her aunt busy with their sewing.
Anna Chapin Ray, 2008
3
Half-a-dozen housekeepers: a story for girls, in ...
Six young women take up housekeeping for two weeks while Bell's parents are out of town.
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, 1903
4
Gloriana's Face: Women, Public and Private, in the English ...
... the causes and circumstances of slander - namely, the use and abuse of language - are put on trial publicly in the church scene and tested implicitly throughout the play. Finally, the 167 'Half a Dozen Dangerous Words' S P Cerasano.
S. P. Cerasano, Marion Wynne-Davies, 1992
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A Keramic Study: A Chapter in the History of Half A Dozen ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Flora Haines Loughead, 2011
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American Annals of Education and Instruction, and Journal of ...
She does not think me vain enough to think I am going to do any great things ; and I know she is not thoughtless enough to say seriously, that either I or she can learn all that we need, in half a dozen years, or half a dozen times that. Lucy.
William Channing Woodbridge, William Russell, William Andrus Alcott, 1834
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American annals of education and instruction
She does not think me vain enough to think] am going to do any great things; and I know she is not thoughtless enough to say seriously, that either I or she can learn all that we need, in half a dozen years, or half a dozen times that. Lucy.
‎1834
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A Dime a Dozen
By October there were maybe half a dozen kids left, and Enrique was always my favorite. He was funny and adventurous and between the two of us we were forever building bridges out of twigs or damming the creek with stones or creating  ...
Mindy Starns Clark, 2011
9
Garner's Modern American Usage
C. A half dozen and half a dozen. For this noun phrase, either a half dozen or half a dozen is good form. Avoid ✳a half a dozen. When the phrase is used as an adjective, it becomes a phrasal adjective that should be hyphenated <a half- dozen ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Half-a-dozen Housekeepers: A Story for Girls in Half-a-
This early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today.
Kate Douglas Wiggin, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF A DOZEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half a dozen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama and the myth of the generational war - Al Jazeera English
Half a dozen years later, he still argued that "the war on terror is more than a battle of arms. It is an ideological struggle for hearts and minds.". «Aljazeera.com, Jul 15»
2
Turkey blocks access to pro-Islamic State websites in crackdown …
Turkey has blocked access to more than half a dozen Islamist news websites this week, prompting one group claiming allegiance to Islamic ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
3
CEO Daily: Tuesday, July 14 - Fortune
Iran and half a dozen world powers have sealed a historic deal to curb the Islamic Republic's nuclear program in return for ending sanctions, ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
4
Why do so few servicewomen report experiences of sexual …
Every time my company parades, the Sergeant Major addresses the parade as 'Gentlemen' despite there being half a dozen women in the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Rocio's Mexican Kitchen Review: In a City With Astoundingly Good …
Since then, her name has been associated with at least half a dozen restaurants, including three called Rocio's Mole de los Dioses, where she ... «L.A. Weekly, Jul 15»
6
Comic-Con and the Eventification of Hollywood - ScreenCrush
Every Avengers film is, by definition, an event; Age of Ultron united the separate storylines of at least half a dozen characters, introduced new ... «ScreenCrush, Jul 15»
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George Osborne: British taxpayers will not foot bill for Greek bail out …
However, it will be at least weeks before the cash is available because the package must be signed off by half a dozen European parliaments. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Bolton: Deal with Iran 'an American Munich'
The result will be not just a nuclear Iran, but half a dozen nuclear weapons states in the world's most volatile and dangerous region.”. «WND.com, Jul 15»
9
Crystal Zvezda, Gretchen likely to run in Darley Irish Oaks
The legendary Newmarket trainer has won the race on half a dozen occasions, beginning with Fair Salinia back in 1978. “It will become a lot ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Jury to deliberate Tuesday in Richmond Hill explosion trial | WTHITV …
“There were six firemen, three or four policemen, half a dozen neighbors. We were all glad that Dion didn't die alone. Somebody was there with ... «WTHITV.com, Jul 15»

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