halfway mark

collocation in English

meaningsofhalfwayandmark

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halfway
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌhɑːfˈweɪ/us
/ˌhæfˈweɪ/
in the middle of something, or at a place that is equally far from two ...
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mark
noun
uk
/mɑːk/us
/mɑːrk/
a small area on the surface of something that is damaged, dirty, or different in ...
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(Definition ofhalfwayandmarkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We stand only at thehalfwaymark.
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We are now at thehalfwaymarkof this period, and are in a unique position to evaluate the predictions made by these papers.
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The strength of these units is now well past thehalfwaymark.
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It comes 80th out of 150 authorities—about thehalfwaymarkin terms of education funding.
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Heukrodt was last at thehalfwaymark.
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She did nt seem to hit thehalfwaymark.
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After 17 rounds, the season reached itshalfwaymark.
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The end of this year will be thehalfwaymarkfrom 1985 to implementation by the end of 1992.
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Why not use thehalfwaymarkbetween the lowest level of quotation and the highest level of quotation?
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What happens if an incident occurs at thehalfwaymarkor on either side of the dividing line?
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Such a language would be very inefficient - every word's uniqueness point would be at thehalfwaymark, and the second half of the word would serve no contrastive function.
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At what stage are we expecting the losses to end now that the system has reached about thehalfwaymarktowards its initial launch target?
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He did not finish the race, and dropped out before thehalfwaymark.
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To leave it to thehalfwaymarkwould be a serious test of the reader's patience.
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He did not finish the entire race, before reaching thehalfwaymarkof the course.
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Near thehalfwaymarkof the event, he suffered broken ribs in an incident.
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With this episode the season hits itshalfwaymarkand the action picks up considerably.
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At thehalfwaymark, the chef randomly picked a sixth item.
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As noted above, the game also introduces checkpoints at thehalfwaymarkof each level.
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Through thehalfwaymarkof the men's race, the leaders were on world record pace.
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At thehalfwaymark, he had drawn level and made a superior turn to take the lead.
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The race reached thehalfwaymarkon lap 101, meaning the race could be called official if it rains.
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The project is currently at thehalfwaymarkof building and leasing 1000000 sqft of the projected total building space.
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He had drawn level by thehalfwaymarkand made a superior turn to take the lead.
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The work is published in parts or whole volumes as and when the relevant families are completed, and is currently (2012) over thehalfwaymark.
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