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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF MEASURE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF MEASURE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half measure 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 MEASURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of half measure in the English dictionary

The definition of half measure in the dictionary is an inadequate measure.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF MEASURE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF MEASURE

common measure
countermeasure
displeasure
dry measure
economy measure
embrasure
erasure
for good measure
liquid measure
made to measure
made-to-measure
measure
pleasure
rasure
remeasure
safety measure
security measure
square measure
tape measure
to be sure
treasure

Synonyms and antonyms of half measure in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half measure» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF MEASURE

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

Translator English - Chinese

一半的措施
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

media medida
570 millions of speakers

English

half measure
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधा उपाय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف قياس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полумера
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meia medida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধেক পরিমাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi-mesure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah langkah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

halb Maßnahme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半分対策
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 측정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah langkah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phân nưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாதி நடவடிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा माप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarı ölçü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezza misura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół środek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

напівзахід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jumătate de măsură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισό μέτρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

helfte meet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halv åtgärd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halv tiltaket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half measure

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF MEASURE»

The term «half measure» is normally little used and occupies the 126.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF MEASURE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «half measure» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «half measure» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF MEASURE»

Discover the use of half measure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half measure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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LISREL 8: User's Reference Guide
The latent variables are: 77 = role behavior £1 = knowledge £2 = value orientation £3 = role satisfaction £4 = past training The observed variables are ( the number of items in each split-half is given in parentheses): 7/1 = a split-half measure of ...
Karl G. Jöreskog, Dag Sörbom, 1996
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LISREL 8: Structural Equation Modeling with the SIMPLIS ...
f i = knowledge £2 = value orientation £3 = role satisfaction £4 = past training The observed variables are: y\ = a split-half measure of role behavior 2/2 = a split-half measure of role behavior x 11 = a split-half measure of knowledge = a ...
K. G. Jöreskog, Dag Sörbom, 1993
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A History of Orchestral Conducting: In Theory and Practice
The second thing is, that when the hand makes the down-beat, it should stay quiet during the time that the half-measure lasts, without raising it until the point where it should [begin to] make the up-beat; and in the same way when the hand  ...
Elliott W. Galkin, 1988
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Towards the Supernoumenon
Falsity is whole, truth merely a half-measure; falsity accords with proton absolutism, truth merely corresponds to relativity with an electron bias. The one outweighs the other and, accordingly, the imbalance is always in favour of falsity or, what ...
John O'Loughlin, 2010
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Miscellaneous remains from the commonplace book of Richard ...
But he had better have said ' this is not what sensible people call a half measure, though the unwise, who are apt to run into one extreme or another, often do speak so.' It is no half measure to wear a coat that exactly fits you, instead of one that ...
Richard Whately, 1864
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Miscellaneous Remains from the Commonplace Book of Richard ...
But he had better have said ' this is not what sensible people call a half measure, though the unwise, who are apt to run into one extreme or another, often do speak so.' It is no half measure to wear a coat that exactly fits you, instead of one that ...
Richard Whately, Elizabeh Jane Whately, 1865
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Music, Mind and Structure
Though the piece has a strong polyphonic undercurrent, the number of parts is of little consequence; what must be represented is the fact that the first note occupies the whole of the first half-measure, while the second note initiates the second ...
Eric Clarke, Simon Emmerson, 1989
8
Christmas Music for Banjo Made Easy
... “Deck the Halls” /: one half measure 1/2:one quarter measure G D7G D7GG D7GD7G ///// / / / ///// /// DGEmDADGCGDG ///////1/21/2/////// “We Three Kings of Orient Are” /: one half measure 1/2:one quarter measure Em B7 Em B7 Em D G Am B7 ...
Ross Nickerson, 2011
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Creating the Soul Body: The Sacred Science of Immortality
This silence is characteristic of the half measure, which represents the scale of the field of silent darkness that serves as the boundary between heaven and earth and which, from the system of matched pairs, is about 1 centimeter.
Robert E. Cox, 2008
10
Accessibility, land use and transport
tional rule-of-half measure [equation (5.7)] and the utility-based accessibility benefit consumer surplus measure [equation (5.9)]. Table 5.2 shows the total change in consumer surplus in Scenario 1 and Scenario 2 compared to the reference ...
Karst Geurs, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF MEASURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half measure is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boy Scouts closer to ending homophobic ban on gay leaders
Some gay rights groups, however, are calling it a half measure, because the Scouts are still leaving an exemption for religious groups to ... «TouchVision, Jul 15»
2
D'Army Bailey, National Civil Rights Museum founder, dies
... which would have crushed the will of weaker souls, only strengthened his resolve to pursue justice, not by half measure but by the whole”. «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
3
Comment: The Gospel according to Matthew - can CC live up to the …
... for a more performance-driven partnership culture backed by reward – and the signals are mixed – it looks a half measure CC can ill afford. «Legal Business, Jul 15»
4
Manchester United starting XI: Who should Louis van Gaal pick after …
Anything else would constitute a half measure. In defence they still need a new partner for Chris Smalling but if not, then why not play Michael ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
5
Azim Premji's philanthropy is noble but his trusts must not enjoy …
It ought to have restored status quo ante in full measure and not in half measure because no useful purpose is served by declaring solemnly ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
6
Deconstructing Rita Nazareno
One could sense that for a woman like Rita Nazareno, there is no half measure, and that life – despite the circumstance one finds herself in (or ... «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
7
The Five Sleeper Shows of Summer
That length is standard in the U.K., but might seem like a half measure to U.S. viewers accustomed to TV seasons of up to 24 episodes each. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
Greece is bad but this is worse!
"All these half measure steps since the middle of June have not instilled any confidence in the retail investor. Eighty percent of that market is ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
9
Landlords required to insulate and install smoke alarms to rental …
Labour dismissed the changes as a half measure while the NZ Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) described the coming rules as ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Compiled from media reports
Usama Qureshi, a deputy director at K-Electric, explains, “The 2005 takeover ended up a half measure. The investors had promised a 361 ... «DAWN.com, Jul 15»

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