Half and Period

Half

Half noun - One of two equal or nearly equal parts.

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Period and half are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Period" instead a noun "Half".

Nearby Word: halve

Period noun - An occurrence of menstruating.

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Half and period are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Half" instead a noun "Period".

good	good half	good period
full	full half	full period
original	original half	original period
single	single half	single period
Other adjectives: entire, bad, early, late, later, next, last, different, earlier.

This was a "goona goona" film, half-documentary, half-drama, one of many made in that period.

Source: National Geographic Nudity
They're both half English and half Welsh and Chinesenote which was unusual for the time period given the state of relations between Britain and Chinarespectively.

Source: But Not Too Foreign
Psylocke went through an infamous period in the comics where she was literally half-white and half-Asian.

Source: Casting Gag

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