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    other half

    noun

    • 1. one's wife, husband, or partner: informal "treat your other half to a romantic outing for two"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishOTHER HALF | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    a person's husband, wife, or usual partner: Bring your other half next time you come. (Definition of other half from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of other half. other half. The other half received no thank you notes. From Huffington Post.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › other halfOther half Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of OTHER HALF is a group of people who are not like someone because they are either very rich or very poor —used in the phrase how the other half lives. How to use other half in a sentence.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › other-halfOTHER HALF Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Other half definition: the people of an economic class clearly different from one's own or from that to which reference is being made. See examples of OTHER HALF used in a sentence.

  5. www.britannica.com › dictionary › other-halfOther half Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    Learn the meaning of other half as a noun, with two different senses: a group of people who are not like you because they are either very rich or very poor, or a person's wife or husband. See how to use the phrase how the other half lives and the expression better half.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › other+halfOther half - definition of other half by The Free Dictionary

    1. A person's spouse or romantic partner. 2. A person to whom one feels very close, especially a twin. 3. Those whose socioeconomic position contrasts markedly with one's own: see how the other half lives. [Possibly on the model of better half .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › other-half_nother half, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    The earliest known use of the noun other half is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for other half is from before 1633, in the writing of George Herbert, Church of England clergyman and poet. other half is formed within English, by compounding.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryOTHER HALF definition in American English - Collins Online...

    OTHER HALF definition: the people of an economic class clearly different from one's own or from that to which... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English.