Hal
noun
a male given name, form of Harold.
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Hal
1 American
[hal]
/ hæl /
noun
HAL
2
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abbreviation
hal-
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hal-
British
combining form
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Cliff, the daughter of the acting couple Michael Robbins and Hal Dyer, added that the service was "beautiful".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
In 1920 he began working for the Hal Roach Studios, and started starring in films for Roach three years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The owners of sports teams or venues were among the sources of tickets, including New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson and Hal Steinbrenner, whose family has owned the New York Yankees since 1973.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Kate and Hal were defined by the grit and ingenuity that made them successful in a crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Bran would have liked it better if he and Robb had gone off alone, just the two of them, but Hal Mollen would not hear of it, and Maester Luwin backed him.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The CAA said it was looking at four potential changes to how HAL is governed.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Halliburton’s HAL -1.57%decrease; red down pointing triangle fourth-quarter profit slipped despite an uptick in revenue, boosted by strength across the company’s international business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
The power of the waltz here is how it humanizes the space station as it’s about to be taken over by an inanimate AI, namely the computer called HAL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
Long before the advent of Alexa and Siri, the Amazon and Apple digital vocal assistants, there was HAL, the talking onboard computer that steals the show in Stanley Kubrick’s groundbreaking 2001 film.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
HAL, a town of Brabant, Belgium, about 9 m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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