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halvere

verbverb

to halve · to bisect

EtymologyOpphav

av halv (I)half · half-, partly (as adverb) og -ereinfinitive ending of verbs of foreign origin from halv (I)half · half-, partly (as adverb) and -ereinfinitive ending of verbs of foreign origin

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. dele i to like store deler to divide into two equal parts
    • halvere en vinkel to bisect an angle
  2. minske til det halve to reduce by half
    • halvere bevilgningene to halve the funding
    • gjelden er mer enn halvert the debt has been more than halved