Term Gallery logo

Meanings of half dozen in English

Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.

Related terms
Synonyms
Examples for "six"
Examples for "six"
1
New South Wales state reported six new cases and Queensland reported one.
Reuters
2
Last good league: Promoted last year for first time in six years.
The Irish Times
3
I called the police six days ago to report a troubling situation.
Think of a number
4
However, the process can take six months or longer in some cases.
Reuters
5
So far this year, only six venture capital-backed companies have gone public.
Reuters
1
The practical conclusion of the whole is, however, contained in Romans vi.
Love to the Uttermost / Expositions of John XIII.-XXI.
2
Kathleen's sister Debra was in the other room, watching tele vi sion.
Carrion comfort
3
His words and doctrine are the words of eternal life, John vi.
Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life
4
Fortune, her wonderful power and influence on matters of war, G. vi.
"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries
5
None are of any literary value, except one beautiful pastoral couplet, vi.
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
Usage of half dozen in English
1
She could read, write, and speak a half dozen languages, including Belaskian.
Thief of lives
2
It was something she'd almost let slip a half dozen times before.
Blind Man's Alley
3
He thought of a half dozen ideas before he went to sleep.
Ender’s Game
4
Keep all the pullets and a half dozen of the best cockerels.
The Dollar Hen
5
The Senate rejected the nomination, with only some half dozen favorable votes.
The Reminiscences of an Astronomer
6
Librarian relented and allowed me a half dozen boxes at a time.
Fatal Voyage
7
They stopped short and a half dozen men lifted the dead animal.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
8
He is affiliated with a half dozen Jewish organisations in New York.
The Guardian
9
Xicay had taken at least a half dozen shots of the pelvis.
Grave Secrets
10
Shandi walked me though the courtly dances of a half dozen countries.
The Name of the Wind
11
Odlum or any of the half dozen others interested in the movement.
The new yorker
12
A half dozen Eskimo workers belonging to the camp hurry toward them.
The thing from another world
13
He shrugged, opened the letter, and stared at the half dozen lines.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5
14
Including Brother Chulian's over-affectionate couch. He patted a half dozen keys tenderly.
Gather, Darkness!
15
Probably a half dozen things in it had my name on them.
The big bite
16
They also reduced to rather memorable phrases a half dozen desirable capabilities:
Principles of Teaching
This collocation consists of:
Half dozen through the time
Half dozen across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common