halve
verb (used with object)
to divide into two equal parts.
had halved
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past perfectof halve.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By the time hostilities commenced in the Middle East it had halved, and Michael Saylor’s bitcoin vehicle suffered an even more vertiginous drop, from north of $450 last summer to a February trough of $106.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Outside Angkor Wat, tuk-tuk driver Nov Mao said his income had halved since the clashes began.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Ahead of the Autumn Statement on Wednesday, he pledged the government would approach this in a "serious, responsible way", now that the inflation rate had halved since the start of the year.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023
And the gap between those two gauges, which had halved from July peaks, is starting to yawn wider yet again.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
Sherman had halved it by striking into Savannah.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Henry Llewellyn Williams
