and a half
idiom
1
—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement
My daughter is two and a half (years old).
The fish was a foot and a half long.
weighs ten and a half pounds
2
informal
—used to say that something is very good, large, difficult, etc.
That was a meal and a half!
Renovating a house is a job and a half.
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The Supreme Court has now concluded oral arguments after deliberating for roughly two and a half hours over a law that requires TikTok to be sold or banned in the US.
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WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Spring and summer were more than one and a half degrees celsius warmer than the seasonal average from 1991 to 2020.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
The majority of the runs are either green or blue, while the dedicated ski school area The Hideout has a magic carpet lift for children as young as two and a half.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
Social media companies were wrongly held up as the instigators and vanguard of progressive political change when used by activists in the Middle East a decade and a half ago, and when the Obama ...
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
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WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Spring and summer were more than one and a half degrees celsius warmer than the seasonal average from 1991 to 2020.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
The majority of the runs are either green or blue, while the dedicated ski school area The Hideout has a magic carpet lift for children as young as two and a half.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
Social media companies were wrongly held up as the instigators and vanguard of progressive political change when used by activists in the Middle East a decade and a half ago, and when the Obama ...
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
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“And a half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20a%20half. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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