first half

Speech parts

1. first half - Noun

2. first half - Adjective

Meaning

the first of two halves of play

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

first-half

Antonyms

second half

Hypernyms

half

Examples

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. Clarence Darrow

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. Richard Dawkins

The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, the second half in regretting the first. French Proverb

The first half of the night, think of your own faults; the second half, the faults of others. Chinese Proverb

Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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