Meaning Of Half-hour In Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 half-hour From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhalf-hourˌhalf-ˈhour, half hour noun [countable]    a period of time that is 30 minutes long  Fay had been in her room for a good half-hour. —half-hour adjective  a half-hour TV showExamples from the Corpushalf-hour• Probably walking for a half-hour through the terminal.• In a half-hour audience the King's new National Government was created.• But then it was a half-hour, then 40 minutes.• I got off work a half-hour ago.• There were beautiful paintings, musical tributes to the island, a rousing half-hour of drumming.• She had gone well over the half-hour.• The half-hour show uses these to the fullest, setting up straw man after straw man for Daria to demolish.• Our hypothetical Ann could eat her packet of peanuts, for example, if she added three half-hour swims to her weekly routine. Quizzes Quizzes

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