What is another word for half-hour?

Pronunciation: [hˈɑːfˈa͡ʊ͡ə] (IPA)

"Half-hour" is a commonly used term to refer to 30 minutes of time. However, there are several synonyms that can be used interchangeably with the term "half-hour". Some of the most common synonyms for "half-hour" include "thirty minutes", "30 minutes", "a half of an hour", "one-half of an hour" and "a half-hour interval". In addition, there are also some regional variations in terms of synonyms, such as "a half-six" in Ireland, which means half-past six (or 6:30 PM). Regardless of the specific wording, these synonyms all refer to the same period of time and can be used in the same context.

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  • Forward Entailment

    • Noun, singular or mass
      hour.
  • Independent

  • Other Related

    • Noun, singular or mass
      half.

What are the hypernyms for Half-hour?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Half-hour

  • I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own particular qualities, but I think it's inferior to any of the half-hour ones we did.
    Rowan Atkinson
  • The voice doesn't take a lot of effort now, but in the beginning it was hard to try to find a voice. The one I settled on was just easier to do for a half-hour.
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  • I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding.
    Jackie Cooper
  • So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the people that put on the Dupont show, like maybe my artistic effort is going to be a little different.
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  • The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
    Walter Cronkite

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