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I would love to play a normal human being with a little bit of a comedic bend that had a love interest. I would love to explore comedy, like a half-hour kind of single-camera comedy. I think that would kind of suit me best.
Reggie Lee

Meaning of "half-hour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-HOUR

half-hour play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-HOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Hour 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.

WHAT DOES HALF-HOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

half-hour

Hour

The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds. It is approximately 1/24 of a mean solar day. An hour in the Universal Coordinated Time time standard can include a negative or positive leap second, and may therefore have a duration of 3,599 or 3,601 seconds for adjustment purposes. Although it is not a standard defined by the International System of Units, the hour is a unit accepted for use with SI, represented by the symbol h.

Definition of half-hour in the English dictionary

The definition of half-hour in the dictionary is a period of 30 minutes. Other definition of half-hour is the point of time 30 minutes after the beginning of an hour.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-HOUR

half-frozen
half-full
half-grown
half-hardy
half-hearted
half-heartedly
half-heartedness
half-hitch
half-hoping
half-hose
half-hourly
half-human
half-hunter
half-inch
half-jack
half-joking
half-jokingly
half-leather
half-length
half-lie

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-HOUR

ampere-hour
dinner hour
eleventh hour
flower-of-an-hour
H-hour
half an hour
happy hour
horsepower-hour
hour
kilowatt-hour
lunch hour
man-hour
peak-hour
quarter-hour
rush hour
the hour
the witching hour
twenty-four-hour
watt-hour
zero hour

Synonyms and antonyms of half-hour in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «half-hour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-HOUR

Find out the translation of half-hour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-hour 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-hour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半小时
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

media hora
570 millions of speakers

English

half-hour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधे घंटे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نِصْفُ ساعَةٍ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полчаса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meia hora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধা ঘণ্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi-heure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

setengah jam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

halbe Stunde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

三十分
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

30분
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah jam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa giờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை மணி நேரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा तास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarım saat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezz’ora
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół godziny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

півгодини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jumătate de oră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισάωρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half -uur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvtimme
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halvtime
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-hour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-HOUR»

The term «half-hour» is very widely used and occupies the 23.024 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-HOUR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-hour

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10 QUOTES WITH «HALF-HOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word half-hour.
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Jackie Cooper
I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding.
2
Jackie Cooper
So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the people that put on the Dupont show, like maybe my artistic effort is going to be a little different.
3
Walter Cronkite
The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
4
Patrick Dempsey
I started off as a juggler. I used to do a half-hour show on the weekends to make money as a kid. Then I went to Cleveland, Ohio in 1983 to the international jugglers competition junior division and came second. So that was my first job, being a juggler.
5
Karen Duffy
I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-hour ago, and nothing will make me happier than to replicate the DNA of my amazing husband. I'm optimistic.
6
Lauren Graham
I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.
7
Amanda Hocking
I usually plan to read a book for a half-hour before bed, but then I end up staying awake until 3 A.M. to finish it. Fortunately, my dog doesn't mind when I keep the bedside lamp on.
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Mark Indelicato
I would never turn down a movie, but at the same time, but my ideal job would be a half-hour sitcom.
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Liza Lapira
I think the first thing that I really did was 'Traffic Light,' which was more of a half-hour sitcom. And from there, I just got more comedic roles.
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Reggie Lee
I would love to play a normal human being with a little bit of a comedic bend that had a love interest. I would love to explore comedy, like a half-hour kind of single-camera comedy. I think that would kind of suit me best.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-HOUR»

Discover the use of half-hour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-hour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
King of the Half Hour: Nat Hiken and the Golden Age of TV Comedy
The book focuses on Hiken's immense talent and remarkable career, from his early days in radio as Fred Allen's head writer to his multiple Emmy-winning years as writer-producer-director on television.
David Everitt, 2001
2
The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and ...
Warm, funny, and deeply moving, The Power of Half is the story of how one family grew closer as they discovered that half could be so much more.
Kevin Salwen, Hannah Salwen, 2010
3
The Last Half Hour of the Day: An Anthology of Stories and ...
Written by well-known and emerging writers, this collection ofliterary prose was carefully chosen for its insight on the many topics physicians encounter daily, from celebrating a miraculous recovery, facing a toughethical dilemma, to ...
Michael A. LaCombe, Christine Laine, 2008
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The Half Hour Allotment
The book covers all aspects of allotmenteering and vegetable gardening, including the practicalities of obtaining and maintaining a site, choosing what to grow, designing the plot and advanced projects such as building paths and shelters.
Lia Leendertz, 2006
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At School: Telling Time by the Half Hour
Teaches time by reviewing what a young girl does throughout the day at school, including playing at half past ten in the morning and painting in art class at two in the afternoon.
Alice Proctor, 2008
6
Southern Living The Half-Hour Hostess: All Fun, No Fuss: ...
Taking its cue from the popular "Half-Hour Hostess" column in Southern Living magazine, every recipe in this book is ready in 30 minutes or less.
Editors of Southern Living Magazine, Rebecca Kracke Gordon, 2011
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Fifty Years Of Hancock's Half Hour
Fully authorised by Galton and Simpson, Fifty Years of Hancock's Half-Hour is a full history of the show, including how the show came about, behind-the-scenes stories from Hancock's fellow artists and members of the crew and production team ...
Richard Webber, 2011
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Half Hour Hungries: 30 Recipes That Kids Can Make in 30 ...
The book is designed to get kids cooking in the kitchen with a selection of easy-to-prepare and delicious recipes that will take no more than 30 minutes to get from the pages of the book to the plate or bowl — from savoury snacks ...
Sabrini Parrini, 2013
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Half-Hour Lessons in Music; Class Work for Beginners at the ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Mary Ann Torrey Kotzschmar, 2012
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Half Hour Talks on Character Building 1910
James B. Angell, Gen. O.O. Howard, Ballington Booth, David Starr Jordan, Edward Bok, A.K. McClure, David Rankin, Gen. A.W. Greely, Helen Keller, Mary E. Woolley, Margaret E. Sangster, Lucy Waite, and many other noted men and women.
J. S. Kirtley, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-HOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-hour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Partying dad takes more than an hour to retrieve son, 8, after …
Nearly a half-hour later, another man who'd been dropped off with Martinez told police that the dad was “still at his girl's house,” Pegg said. «Cliffviewpilot.com, Jul 15»
2
ABC Delivers 7 of the Week's Top 20 Broadcasts in Adults 18-49,
The ABC drama gained audience from its first to second half-hour in Viewers (+2%), while CBS' competing drama declined on the half-hour ... «TVbytheNumbers, Jul 15»
3
ABC is Number 1 on Sunday With 'Celebrity Family Feud' Ranking …
Celebrity Family Feud built from its first half-hour to its second half-hour by 5% in Viewers and by 10% among young adults, while Big Brother ... «TVbytheNumbers, Jul 15»
4
Half-hour of heavy rainfall stalls fire engine, causes short-term …
FALL RIVER — Nothing good will come from an inch of rain when it falls in just a half-hour. That was the case Wednesday afternoon, when ... «Fall River Herald News, Jul 15»
5
TV highlights: Comedy Central's new half-hour comedy series 'Why …
(All times Eastern). To save a dying rhino whose horns were stolen by poachers, innovative veterinarians give the animal a skin graft on ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
Twelve pounds of laughs crammed into a half-hour play
Twelve pounds of laughs crammed into a half-hour play. Photo by David Cooper. Patrick Galligan as Sir Harry Sims and Moya O'Connell as ... «Niagarathisweek.com, Jul 15»
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Uncharted 4: Watch Over a Half-Hour of Gameplay Footage
In a treat for fans of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Naughty Dog let gamers feast their eyes on the spectacular E3 2015 gameplay demo for the developer's ... «Game Rant, Jul 15»
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Commute may stretch to a half-hour as Omaha grows toward 1 million
It takes Omahans an average of 20 minutes to commute to or from work, but as the city grows to more than 1 million people, commute times ... «Omaha World-Herald, Jun 15»
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Diddy Asked Rick Neuheisel Who He Was a Half-Hour Into a …
“A half-hour into it, (Diddy) asked me who I was. He said, 'Tell me what you do, Rick.' I said I'm the head football coach here. He said, 'You're ... «The Big Lead, Jun 15»
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The Rock's New HBO Half-Hour 'Ballers' TV Show Similar To …
"Ballers" is a new HBO half-hour, but it's not compulsorily a comedy. The show strikes an interesting goal starring The Rock as a former NFL ... «KDramaStars, Jun 15»

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