halve
/hɑːv/verb
उच्चारण हाव
आधा करना, आधा हो जाना
Core word
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[I/T]
to reduce something by half; to be reduced by half
आधा करना, आधा हो जाना
- The company plans to halve its costs over the next two years.
- The price of the phone has halved since last year.
- The new machine will halve the time needed to finish the work.
+ 2 more examples
- The population of tigers has almost halved in fifty years.
- Heavy rain halved the number of visitors to the fair.
Synonyms reduce by half cut by half
Opposite double
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[T]
to divide something into two equal parts
दो बराबर भागों में बाँटना, आधा-आधा करना
- Halve the tomatoes and remove the seeds.
- Halve the sandwich so that you can share it with your brother.
- Halve the cake and give one piece to your cousin.
+ 2 more examples
- Cut the lemon and halve each piece again.
- She halved the apple and gave the bigger piece to me.
Synonyms bisect split in two divide equally
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
halve + object (divide in two)
Halve means to divide something into two equal parts. It is a transitive verb, so it needs an object.
'Halve' का अर्थ किसी चीज़ को दो बराबर भागों में बाँटना है; यह transitive क्रिया है और इसे object चाहिए।
- Halve the onions and chop them finely.
- She halved the chapati and gave one piece to her brother.
halve (reduce by half)
Halve also means to reduce something to half its size or amount. The thing can also halve by itself.
'Halve' का अर्थ किसी चीज़ को आधा कर देना भी है; कोई चीज़ अपने आप भी आधी हो सकती है।
- The government plans to halve the price of medicines.
- The number of cases has halved in a year.
halve vs half
Halve is the verb and is pronounced with a v sound. Half is the noun, adjective or adverb. Their forms are halves, halved, halving.
'Halve' क्रिया है; 'half' noun, adjective या adverb है। क्रिया के रूप halves, halved, halving हैं।
- He halved the cake and ate half of it.
be halved / halve + by
The passive and by phrases are common: be halved, halve something by cutting.
Passive और 'by' वाले प्रयोग आम हैं: be halved, halve something by cutting।
- Waiting time was halved by the new software.
halve vs halves (noun)
Halves can be the plural noun of half or the third-person verb form of halve: two halves; she halves the apple. Check the sentence to know which it is.
'Halves' half का बहुवचन noun भी हो सकता है और halve की क्रिया-रूप भी; वाक्य देखकर पहचानें कि कौन-सा है।
- She halves the mango and puts the two halves on a plate.
+Collocations 4
halve + noun
costtimepriceriskdistancenumber
- The new road will halve the travel time.
adverb + halve
almostnearlyroughlyeasilyquickly
- Profits nearly halved last year.
halve + prepositional phrase
in twoby halffrom ten to fiveat the middle
- The fee was halved from 400 to 200 rupees.
kitchen + halve
tomatomangolemonapplepotato
- Halve the lemons and squeeze out the juice.
“More examples 6
- Radhika halved the recipe because only two guests were coming.
राधिका ने रेसिपी आधी कर दी क्योंकि केवल दो मेहमान आ रहे थे।
- Better drainage has halved the flood damage in the town.
बेहतर जल-निकासी ने शहर में बाढ़ की क्षति को आधा कर दिया है।
- If you halve 40, you get 20.
यदि आप 40 को आधा करें, तो 20 मिलता है।
- The company halved its working hours during the heatwave.
कंपनी ने लू के दौरान काम के घंटे आधे कर दिए।
- The student halved the time needed for revision by making short notes.
विद्यार्थी ने छोटे नोट्स बनाकर दोहराने में लगने वाला समय आधा कर दिया।
- Rohan halved the number of hours he spent on his phone and passed the test.
रोहन ने फ़ोन पर बिताए घंटे आधे कर दिए और परीक्षा पास कर ली।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She halfed the apple.
✓ She halved the apple.
The verb is halve, and its past form is halved.
क्रिया 'halve' है और उसका past रूप 'halved' है।
✗ The prices were halve last month.
✓ The prices were halved last month.
A passive needs the past participle halved.
Passive में past participle 'halved' चाहिए।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Do not confuse the verb halve (to divide into two) and the noun half, so say 'Halve the apple', not 'Half the apple' as an instruction.
Verb halve (दो भागों में बाँटना) और noun half में भ्रम न करें, इसलिए निर्देश के रूप में 'Halve the apple' कहें, 'Half the apple' नहीं।