halfway

halfway
adjective, adverb
1 at a middle point in space or time between two things: We reached the halfway point ten miles into our walk. | Grease the muffin tins and fill them halfway with batter.
(+ up/along etc): He chased Kevin halfway up the stairs. | It was a terrible film - I left halfway through. | be halfway there (=be halfway to achieving something): If we can just finish this section we'll be halfway there.
2 halfway respectable/decent/civil etc reasonably respectable etc: It's the only halfway decent hotel around here.
3 go halfway towards doing sth to achieve something partly but not completely: These measures only go halfway towards solving the problem.
—see also: meet sb halfway meet 1 (17)

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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