单词 | biweekly |
释义 | biweekly (once / 45112 pages) 1adjadv 2adjadv 3n Things that happen biweekly usually happen once every two weeks. Or twice a week. Just to confuse you. In the publishing world, this word is straightforward: a biweekly magazine comes out once every two weeks. But once you step outside magazines and newspapers, it gets a little more confusing. People use this word to describe things that happen once every two weeks, which is officially correct. They also use it to describe things that happen twice in one week, which is kind of correct — but the word semiweekly is more accurate in that case. WORD FAMILYweekly: biweekly, semiweekly, weeklies+/midweek: midweekly/semiweekly: semiweeklies/week: midweek, weekly, weeks USAGE EXAMPLESA biweekly presentation of the tech team’s latest work. Wall Street Journal(Nov 21, 2016) While most of the produce she gets in her biweekly deliveries is “very normal”, she recalls one particular veggie. The Guardian(Nov 17, 2016) Until October, Mr. Kolotilov embedded himself with the Spartans as they played biweekly games among roughly 20 teams across Russia. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1 1adj occurring twice a week Syn semiweekly periodic, periodical happening or recurring at regular intervals 2adv twice a week 2Syn semiweekly 1adj occurring every two weeks Syn fortnightly periodic, periodical happening or recurring at regular intervals 2adv every two weeks 3Syn fortnightly n a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year) Hyper serial, serial publication, series a periodical that appears at scheduled times |
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