halfway

/ˌhæfˌˈweɪ/

/ˈhɑfweɪ/

When you're halfway, you're at the middle point of something. If you pause to catch your breath halfway up a hill, you still have half the hill left to climb.

You can make it halfway along a marathon route, or 13 miles, and you can also make it halfway through your book before you fall asleep. You might only make it halfway through an enormous slice of cake, or halfway through math class before you start to nod off. A halfway house, originally an inn between two cities, but today it's a place where released criminals or recovered addicts can live while they get back on their feet.

Definitions of halfway

1. adverb

   at half the distance; at the middle
   “he was halfway down the ladder when he fell”

   synonyms: midway
2. adjective

   equally distant from the extremes
   synonyms: center, middle, midway

   central

   in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
3. adjective

   at a point midway between two extremes
   “at the halfway mark”

   synonyms:

   intermediate

   lying between two extremes in time or space or state
4. adjective

   including only half or a portion
   “halfway measures”

   synonyms:

   fractional

   constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety