half the battle
noun
Roget 642:
importance,
consequence,
moment,
prominence,
consideration,
mark,
materialness.
import,
significance,
concern;
emphasis,
interest.
greatness
etc.
31;
superiority
etc.
33;
notability
etc.
(repute)
873;
weight
etc.
(influence)
175;
value
etc.
(goodness)
648;
usefulness
etc.
644.
gravity,
seriousness,
solemnity;
no joke,
no laughing matter;
pressure,
urgency,
stress;
matter of life and death.
memorabilia,
notabilia†,
great doings;
red-letter day.
great thing,
great point;
main chance,
the be all and the end all"
[Macbeth];
cardinal point;
substance,
gist
etc.
(essence)
5;
sum and substance,
gravamen,
head and front;
important part,
principal part,
prominent part,
essential part;
half the battle;
sine qua non;
breath of one's nostrils
etc.
(life)
359;
cream,
salt,
core,
kernel,
heart,
nucleus;
keynote,
keystone;
corner stone;
trump card
etc.
(device)
626;
salient points.
top sawyer,
first fiddle,
prima donna [Sp.],
chief;
triton among the minnows;
'it' [U.S.]. "
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Roget 731:
success,
successfulness;
speed;
advance
etc.
(progress)
282.
trump card;
hit,
stroke,
score;
lucky hit,
fortunate hit,
good hit,
good stroke;
direct hit,
bull's eye;
goal,
point,
touchdown;
home run,
homer,
hole-in-one,
grand slam;
killing
[make money],
windfall bold stroke,
master stroke;
ten strike [U.S.];
coup de maitre [Fr.],
checkmate;
half the battle,
prize;
profit
etc.
(acquisition)
775.
continued success;
good fortune
etc.
(prosperity)
734;
time well spent.
advantage over;
upper hand,
whip hand;
ascendancy,
mastery;
expugnation†,
conquest,
victory,
subdual†;
subjugation
etc.
(subjection)
749.
triumph
etc.
(exultation)
884;
proficiency
etc.
(skill)
698.
conqueror,
victor,
winner;
master of the situation,
master of the position,
top of the heap,
king of the hill;
achiever,
success,
success story.
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