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bimonthly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bimonthly has 1 sense
- bimonthly(n = noun.communication) Array - a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year); Array is a kind of serial, serial publication, series
Adjective bimonthly has 2 senses
- bimonthly(s = adj.all) semimonthly - occurring twice a month; "a semimonthly publication"
- bimonthly(s = adj.all) bimestrial - occurring every two months; "bimonthly visits"
Adverbial bimonthly has 2 senses
- bimonthly(r = adv.all) semimonthly - twice a month; "salaries are paid semimonthly"
- bimonthly(r = adv.all) Array - every two months; "the bill was payable bimonthly"
CIDE DICTIONARY
bimonthly, a. [Pref. bi- + monthly.].
Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. [1913 Webster]
bimonthly, adv.
Once in two months. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bimonthly, adj., adv., & n.
--adj. occurring twice a month or every two months.
--adv. twice a month or every two months.
--n. (pl. -ies) a periodical produced bimonthly.
--adj. occurring twice a month or every two months.
--adv. twice a month or every two months.
--n. (pl. -ies) a periodical produced bimonthly.
Usage
Often avoided, because of the ambiguity of meaning, in favour of two-monthly and twice-monthly.
ROGET THESAURUS
bimonthly
Periodicity
N regularity of recurrence, periodicity, intermittence, beat, oscillation, pulse, pulsation, rhythm, alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity, bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say, anniversary, jubilee, centenary, catamenia, courses, menses, menstrual flux, rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine, days of the week, Sunday, Monday, months of the year, January, feast, fast, Christmas, Easter, New Year's day, Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day, All Souls', All Souls' Day, Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day, yearbook, yuletide, punctuality, regularity, steadiness, periodic, periodical, serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical, recurring, intermittent, remittent, alternate, every other, hourly, diurnal, daily, quotidian, tertian, weekly, hebdomadal, hebdomadary, biweekly, fortnightly, bimonthly, catamenial, monthly, menstrual, yearly, annual, biennial, triennial, centennial, secular, paschal, lenten, regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork, periodically, at regular intervals, at stated times, at fixed established, at established periods, punctually, de die in diem, from day to day, day by day, by turns, in turn, in rotation, alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round.
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