Definition of halve it - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

reductionreduce something by half

The company decided to halve it to save costs.

divisiondivide something into two equal parts

Halve it to share equally between us.

bisect

divide

split

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Examples of halve it in a sentence

The recipe says to halve it for a smaller portion.
To make two servings, halve it before cooking.
If the piece is too large, just halve it.

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French:réduire de moitié, partager, ...
German:halbieren, ...
Italian:dimezzare, spartire, ...
Spanish:reducir a la mitad, dividir, ...
Portuguese:reduzir para metade, partir ao meio, ...
Chinese:减半, 对半分, ...
Japanese:半分にする, 二等分する, ...
Arabic:نَصَّف, قَسَمَ, ...
Hebrew:לַחֲצוֹת, לַחֲצוֹת לִשְׁנַיִם, ...
Russian:уменьшить наполовину, разделить, ...
Ukrainian:зменшити вдвічі, ділити, ...
Hindi:आधा करना, दो हिस्सों में बाँटना, ...
Bengali:অর্ধেক করা, সমান দুই ভাগ করা, ...
Catalan:reduir a la meitat, dividir per la meitat, ...
Czech:snížit na polovinu, přepůlit, ...
Danish:halvere, dele i to, ...
Dutch:halveer het, halveren, ...
Greek:μειώνω στο μισό, χωρίζω στη μέση, ...
Hungarian:megfelezni, felezni, ...
Khmer:កាត់បន្ថយជាពាក់កណ្តាល, ចែកជាពីរស្មើគ្នា, ...
Korean:반으로 줄이다, 반으로 나누다, ...
Persian:نصف کردن, دو نیم کردن, ...
Polish:przeciąć na pół, podzielić na pół, ...
Portuguese (BR):reduzir pela metade, partir ao meio, ...
Romanian:a înjumătățiți-l, a împărți, ...
Swedish:halvera det, dela i hälften, ...
Thai:ลดลงครึ่งหนึ่ง, ผ่าครึ่ง, ...
Turkish:yarıya indirmek, ikiye bölmek, ...
Vietnamese:giảm một nửa, phân đôi, ...

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