English Dictionary

halve

IPA（発音記号）

/hɑːv/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount. / (transitive) To divide into two halves. / (transitive) To make up half of.

日本語の意味

元の量を半分に減らすこと / 二等分に分けること / 全体の半分を構成すること

To meet the new budget, we will have to halve the marketing team's expenses next quarter.

新しい予算に合わせるために、来四半期はマーケティングチームの経費を半分に減らさなければならない。

意味（1）

(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.

These show that since 1946 the fatality rate in train and movement accidents combined has been halved, ….

意味（2）

(transitive) To divide into two halves.

意味（3）

(transitive) To make up half of.

So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.

意味（4）

(architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

意味（5）

(golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

I, of course, had no difficulty in doing likewise, and we halved the hole; but the awkward fact remained that I must now gain every hole to win the match, for my opponent's score was nine up, and there only remained ten holes to play.

halves （ present singular third-person ）

halving （ participle present ）

halved （ participle past ）

halved （ past ）