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Demi-
/hɑːf/- Demi- Adjective
- Consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%).
- A half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
- A half dream; half knowledge.
- Assumed from thence a half consent.
- Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
- A half brother or half sister.
- Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
- A half uncle or half aunt or half cousin.
- Demi- Adverb
- In two equal parts or to an equal degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly.
- Half-colored; half done; half-hearted; half persuaded; half conscious.
- Half loth and half consenting.
- Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod.
- Demi- Noun
- One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
- Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
- A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us.
- Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider.
- He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.
- I accepted a half of bitter from him.
- I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... "Not brandy," she replied, "but I could use a long drink - maybe a half of lager.".
- The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.
- Part; side; behalf — Wyclif.
- The four halves of the house.
- Demi- Verb
- To halve.