half again

phrase

One and a half times, 150%.

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Meanings

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  1. One and a half times, 150%.

    half again as long

    one and a half times as long

    2 more examples

    George just talked to a friend of his downtown; he has a new job for Gus! And, it pays half again as much as he's been making.

    1965, Robert Riley Crutcher, “What's Buggin' Hazel”, in William D. Russell, director, Hazel, season 4, episode 22, spoken by Dorothy Baxter (Whitney Blake)

    Maji orbits the Vamshi binary giant stars. Vamshi-A is a blue star of spectral class A4III which burns at half again the temperature of Sol. Vamshi-B is an aging red giant of class M5III, over 220 times the size of Sol.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Maji planet description
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half again. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half%20again

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“half again.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half%20again. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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