halfway
[adverb]
Synonyms:
- midway, to or in the middle
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- midway, central, equidistant, intermediate, mid, middle

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

half‧way S3 /ˌhɑːfˈweɪ◂ $ ˌhæf-/ adjective, adverb

1. at a middle point in space or time between two things Synonym : partway
halfway through/up/down/between etc
He chased Kevin halfway up the stairs.
It was a terrible film – I left halfway through.
traffic queues stretching back halfway to London
the halfway stage/mark/point
They’ve just reached the halfway stage of the project.

2. be halfway there to have done something that will allow you to achieve something else:
Establish the right relationships at work and you’re halfway there.

3. be/come/go halfway to doing something to achieve something partly but not completely:
We’re still only halfway to finishing the job.

4. halfway decent/normal/successful etc informal reasonably good, normal, successful etc:
the only halfway decent hotel here
⇒ meet somebody halfway at meet¹(19)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

halfway
See: GO HALFWAY or MEET ONE HALF-WAY or GO HALFWAY TO MEET ONE.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲