: time marking the completion of half of a game or contest; also : the intermission between the second and third quarters of a game (as football and basketball)
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half time UK US noun [uncountable]
in football and some other team sports, a period of rest between the two halves of a match
City were leading 3–0 at half time.
Thesaurus: specific periods of time in a game or matchhyponym
Useful english dictionary. 2012.