half-

Prefix

Meaning

half or partial; not complete

Used before brother, sister, uncle, aunt, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is related only through one parent, grandparent, and so forth, rather than two.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Around the year 280, a half- British officer named Bonosus was in command of the Roman's Rhenish fleet when the Germans managed to burn it at anchor. Source: Internet

Crosby also played Sela, Yar's half- Romulan daughter. Source: Internet

Bramble was on an even fifty, while Foo was four short of the half- century mark. Source: Internet

Surrounded by a supporting cast of party girls, Type A narcissists and half- dead socialites, Cat and her colleague Bess Bonner are determined to solve the case and achieve sartorial perfection. Source: Internet

Rangefinder cameras were produced in half- and full-frame 35 mm and rollfilm (medium format). Source: Internet

You should probably be under a quilt, but instead you’re bleary-eyed and coffee-poisoned, gazing out at the half-hearted bustle with a half- understood book on your lap. Source: Internet

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