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Meaning of half as much, many, long, etc. again in English

half as much, many, long, etc. again

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approximately 50 percent more than the existing number or amount:
Last year, we raised almost £15,000. This year we raised about half as much again.
You could earn half as much again if you worked for a private company.
By the end of that year 87% of young people had used the internet, half as many again as the year before.
The original version of the film runs for over two hours and the director's cut is half as long again.
They spotted a second star about half as far away again as the first one.
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half noun pronoun predeterminer adjective adverb
(Definition of half as much, many, long, etc. again from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
 

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