"first half" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "first halves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "first halves"
      },
      "expansion": "first half (plural first halves)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
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            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)",
          "text": "Raheem Sterling, in particular, was a constant menace in the first half and prominently involved in the opening goal, squaring the decisive pass for Jesus after Virgil van Dijk’s clearance had been cut out.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half."
      ],
      "id": "en-first_half-en-noun-BBiQ~jab",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "half time",
          "half time"
        ],
        [
          "second half",
          "second half"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "period of play before half time",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "primera part"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of play before half time",
          "word": "alkupuolisko"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "period of play before half time",
          "word": "ensimmäinen puoliaika"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "first half"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "first halves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "first halves"
      },
      "expansion": "first half (plural first halves)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)",
          "text": "Raheem Sterling, in particular, was a constant menace in the first half and prominently involved in the opening goal, squaring the decisive pass for Jesus after Virgil van Dijk’s clearance had been cut out.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "half time",
          "half time"
        ],
        [
          "second half",
          "second half"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "period of play before half time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primera part"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of play before half time",
      "word": "alkupuolisko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of play before half time",
      "word": "ensimmäinen puoliaika"
    }
  ],
  "word": "first half"
}