first half

1. 1.

   the first of two halves of play

   Broaderhalf

Questions about first half

What does first half mean?

first half means "the first of two halves of play".

Is first half a common word?

first half is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.