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first half

noun, adj — 2 senses

first half

nounalso spelled first-half
1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half.

  • Raheem Sterling, in particular, was a constant menace in the first half and prominently involved in the opening goal, squaring the decisive pass for Jesus after Virgil van Dijk’s clearance had been cut out.2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):

first-half

adj
1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Occurring in the first half

  • Leo Messi scored a first-half hat-trick to give Barcelona a 3-1 advantage vs Arsenal.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for first half and first-half.