half-hour

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

overdue

VERB + HALF-HOUR

dreaming, drove, meeting, sounded, spent

HALF-HOUR + NOUN

ere, home, noon

PREP.

about, around, except, in

noun

A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.

The time of thirty minutes past any particular hour.

The great clock of the castle sounded the half-hour—he had another half-hour to wait, ere the approach of Count Deckendorff; […]

India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world.

The great clock of the castle sounded the half-hour—he had another half-hour to wait, ere the approach of Count Deckendorff; […]

Wiktionary

India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world.

Wiktionary

We arrived at the station a half-hour before the train started.

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It rained like mad for about a half-hour.

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We're free right now, but we've got a meeting in a half-hour.

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The train is about a half-hour overdue.

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