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The rest of the players could make them fail
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half-time
Word definitions for half-time in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of half time English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. involving half the standard or customary time for an activity; "he had two years of half-time training"
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also halftime , half time , indicating "half of the time," 1640s, from half + time . Tempo sense is by 1880. In football, from 1867.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In popular music , half time is a type of meter and tempo that alters the rhythmic feel by essentially doubling the tempo resolution or metric division. Thus approximates . It is not to be confused with alla breve or odd time . Though notes usually get ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN lead ▪ The Geordies were seemingly cruising as they built up a 3-0 half-time lead . ▪ Scrum-half Campbell converted to give them the half-time lead . ▪ Another penalty from Roberts gave Gloucester a comfortable half-time ...
Usage examples of half-time.
But Charlie equalised before half-time, after he had hit the post and caused a massive scramble in the Liverpool penalty area.
Three of our team receive red cards, so Wayland ended up with only eight players on the field, having led 3-2 at half-time.