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biweekly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun biweekly has 1 sense
- biweekly(n = noun.communication) Array - a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year); Array is a kind of serial, serial publication, series
Adjective biweekly has 2 senses
- biweekly(s = adj.all) fortnightly - occurring every two weeks; Array
- biweekly(s = adj.all) semiweekly - occurring twice a week; Array
Adverbial biweekly has 2 senses
- biweekly(r = adv.all) semiweekly - twice a week; "he called home semiweekly"
- biweekly(r = adv.all) fortnightly - every two weeks; "he visited his cousins fortnightly"
CIDE DICTIONARY
biweekly, a. [Pref. bi- + weekly.].
Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
biweekly, adv., adj., & n.
--adv.
1 every two weeks.
2 twice a week.
--adj. produced or occurring biweekly.
--n. (pl. -ies) a biweekly periodical.
--adv.
1 every two weeks.
2 twice a week.
--adj. produced or occurring biweekly.
--n. (pl. -ies) a biweekly periodical.
Usage
See the note at bimonthly.
THESAURUS
biweekly
annual, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, catamenial, centenary, centennial, daily, daybook, decennial, diary, diurnal, ephemeris, fortnightly, gazette, hebdomadal, hourly, journal, magazine, menstrual, momentary, momently, monthly, newsmagazine, organ, periodical, pictorial, quarterly, quotidian, review, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, serial, slick magazine, tertian, trade magazine, triennial, weekly, yearbook, yearlyROGET THESAURUS
biweekly
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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