Half year Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

The meaning of HALF YEAR is one half of a year (as January to June or July to December). Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks JoinMWU MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut halfyear noun SaveWord Definitionofhalfyear 1 :onehalfofayear(asJanuarytoJuneorJulytoDecember) 2 :oneoftwoacademicterms:semester Lovewords? Youmust—thereareover200,000wordsinourfreeonlinedictionary,butyouarelookingforonethat’sonlyintheMerriam-WebsterUnabridgedDictionary. StartyourfreetrialtodayandgetunlimitedaccesstoAmerica'slargestdictionary,with: Morethan250,000wordsthataren'tinourfreedictionary Expandeddefinitions,etymologies,andusagenotes Advancedsearchfeatures Adfree! JoinOurFreeTrialNow!  OtherWordsfromhalfyear half-yearly \ ˈ⸗ˈ⸗⸗ \ adverb(oradjective) HistoryandEtymologyforhalfyear MiddleEnglish LearnMoreAbouthalfyear Sharehalfyear PosttheDefinitionofhalfyeartoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofhalfyearonTwitter DictionaryEntriesNearhalfyear halfy halfyear hali- SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsforhalfyear Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Halfyear.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20year.Accessed15May.2022. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster WORDOFTHEDAY harkback SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary Eponyms:WordsNamedAfterPeople Whatisthebestdefinitionofboycott? todivideproportionately tomakelivelyorexcited torefuseparticipatein(something)asawayofprotesting toprepareasmallmealforsustenance Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? TAKETHEQUIZ Adailychallengeforcrosswordfanatics. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! Merriam-Websterunabridged WordsatPlay WhataHoot! 15birdsounds,andthebirdswhomakethem GreatBigListofBeautiful&UselessWords Alongwiththeirdegreesofusefulness What'stheDifference? Thesewordsshouldn'tbeusedinterchangeably WordsForThingsYouDidn'tKnowHaveNames When'thingamajig'and'thingamabob'justwon'tdo AsktheEditors EndingaSentencewithaPreposition Anold-fashionedrulewecannolongerputupwith. 'AllIntensivePurposes'or'AllIntentsandPurposes'? We'reintentonclearingitup 'Mispronunciations'ThatMayBeFine 'Mischievous,''nuclear,'andotherwordstopron... WhyDidYankeeDoodleCallaFeather'Macaroni'? What'swithhisfeatheredcap? WordGames FaceYourFears Don'tbescaredtoanswerthesequestionsaboutf... Takethequiz FigureOutTheseAcronymsASAP Youdon'thavetobeaNASAengineertogetthese... Takethequiz NameThoseHerbsandSpices Howmanydoyouknow? Takethequiz HowStrongIsYourVocabulary? Thefasteryouanswer,thehigheryourscore Takethequiz