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  • plural of half.
  • present tense form of halve (3rd person singular).
Definitions

halves

[havz, hahvz] / hævz, hɑvz /
NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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Matches are seven-a-side and played over 20-minute halves.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The data pointed to “both halves of the Fed’s problem at once,” said Vincent Ahn, a portfolio manager at SLW Investments.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Dresser wanted a Dutch door — one where both the top and bottom halves swing open independently — attached to their office space, where they sometimes isolate fosters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Guy and Bruno constitute the two halves of a single personality, the yin and the yang, the superego and the id.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

‘I am not a man to do things by halves.’

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill



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