halved
past simple and past participle ofhalve
| 单词 | halved |
| 释义 | halved past simple and past participle ofhalve halve verb uk/hɑːv/us/hæv/[T] toreducesomething byhalfordividesomething into twoequalpieces: In the past eightyears, theelephantpopulationinAfricahas been halved. Thepotatoeswillcookmorequicklyif you halve them before you put them in theoven. [I] If something halves, it isreducedbyhalf: Theirprofitshave halved in the last sixmonths. Becoming and making smaller or less
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division Examplesofhalvedhalved In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Subsequent step sizes approximatelyhalvedthe difference between the prior two reversals or starting points. From theCambridge English Corpus For the latter the mean level of secondary deprivationhalvedover the period. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the new sampling rate uses twice as many samples every second; therefore, the duration will behalved. From theCambridge English Corpus For longitudinallyhalvedkernels, differences due to ageing were already apparent after a period of one hour. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, the number of yeomen washalved. From theCambridge English Corpus Each half eye washalvedagain on the horizontal meridian. From theCambridge English Corpus After peaking at $2.00/pound in late 1997, the international price fell to $1.00 in 1999 and thenhalvedagain during the next two years. From theCambridge English Corpus If collision occurs, the distance of the translation ishalveduntil the translation is collision-free. From theCambridge English Corpus In this example, the net loss of mean fitness is roughlyhalvedby the variance from linkage disequilibrium. From theCambridge English Corpus In absolute numbers, there were fewer workers in agriculture in 1989 than in 1959, and agriculture's share in total employment seems to havehalved. From theCambridge English Corpus In tenant farmers' contracts the amount of corn was almost alwayshalvedon the death of one of the spouses. From theCambridge English Corpus The high-rate strategy was assumed to have a doubled maximum specific growth rate and ahalvedyield relative to the high-yield strategy. From theCambridge English Corpus In the other scenarios, the screening frequencies arehalvedas compared to the next more intensive scenario. From theCambridge English Corpus From lesson 14, as a result of the organisational changes described above, the number of children we could observe constantly washalved. From theCambridge English Corpus Costs werehalvedand doubled to obtain lower and upper limits. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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