Half and Portion

Half

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

Usage example: to be fair, we should each get half the pie

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

Nearby Word: halve

Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.

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Half and portion are semantically related. You can use "Half" instead a noun "Portion".

Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless

human	human half	human portion
good	good half	good portion
female	female half	female portion
better	better half	better portion
Other adjectives: front, upper, top, entire, male, large, big, lower, bottom, main, early, rear, final, later, larger, remaining, next, last, latter, western, eastern, southern.

Of the 2nd half, a good portion of the characters you see on a list are merely substitute characters.

Source: Loads And Loads Of Characters / Video Games
In the stage musical, the deformities are limited to half his face, and the portion of his face not covered by the half-mask is handsome.

Source: Adaptational Attractiveness
Lake Hylia, for example, is half its normal form from the "child" portion of Ocarina of Time and half its frozen form from the "adult" portion, with a line of glowy purple runes dividing it.

Source: Time Crash

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