When you're halfway, you're at the middle point of something. If you pause to catch your breath halfway up a hill, you still have half the hill left to climb.
In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially;
Adjective S.
equally distant from the extremes
Adjective S.
including only half or a portion; "halfway measures"
Adjective S.
at a point midway between two extremes; "at the halfway mark"
Adverb
at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
adv.
In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly;
partially; as, he halfway yielded.
a.
Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an
intermediate point; midway.
Halfway
Temples proud to meet their gods halfway.
Halfway
In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially;
Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
Usage Examples
You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
Keep in my mind my dad didn't become a huge, huge mega actor until I was halfway through high school - so right around the time he's going through his big renaissance is right when I'm starting to do my high school revolting.
It's funny, because when you're younger you're in a rush to be 18 or 21 or whatever. But then you hit 30. And now, the days go by like hours. You think, 40, man, this could be the halfway point. It could be the three-quarters point, you know? Who knows?
The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.
In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.
Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.
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Other Usage ExamplesBelieve you can and you're halfway there.
I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.
If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.
For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries.
That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. They only get halfway there or a quarter of the way there.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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