- 1[intransitive, transitive] to reduce by a half; to make something reduce by a half The shares have halved in value. halve something The company is halving its prices.
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- 2[transitive] halve something to divide something into two equal parts
halve
verbNAmE//hæv//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they halve he / she / it halves
past simple halved
-ing form halving
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