Meaning & use
halve
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To divide something into two equal parts, or to reduce something by half.
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She halved the recipe since she was only cooking for one person.
The company halved its workforce during the recession.
A note on using this word
Easy to confuse with 'have' in quick writing or speech since the words sound similar but mean very different things.
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