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  1. Are there any words I can use to disambiguate "biweekly"?

    Dec 5, 2011 · However, my colleagues talk about having meetings biweekly. This causes a lot of confusion, since it can mean either once every two weeks or twice a week. We can use …

  2. meaning - "Biweekly", "bimonthly", "biannual", and "bicentennial": …

    What do lengths of time with the "bi" prefix mean"? I have understood bicentennial as once every two hundred years, but biannual as meaning twice a year. Do biweekly and bimonthly mean …

  3. word usage - biweekly, two weeks or twice a week? - English …

    Mar 8, 2017 · 7 biweekly: happening or appearing every two weeks or twice a week. Cambridge Dictionary In the following news articles, What the author mean by "bi-weekly"? if it is mean …

  4. Is there a word that means "every four weeks"?

    Is there a fourth word in this series: weekly, biweekly, triweekly, ...? If not, and I had to coin a word, then would "quadweekly", "quadriweekly", or some other word be more etymologically …

  5. Term for "Every 2 weeks"? [duplicate] - English Language & Usage …

    Feb 23, 2012 · Possible Duplicate: Are there any words I can use to disambiguate “biweekly”? Is there a term two designate a frequency of "every two weeks", like …

  6. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Mar 27, 2024 · The prefix bi- refers to both “twice” and “every two”. As MW notes, one should make clear the exact meaning intended: Many people are puzzled about bimonthly and …

  7. Why there are two different meanings for "triweekly"?

    Dec 29, 2015 · In view of the dichotomous meanings of biweekly, triweekly etc. all I can suggest is that where there is likely to be confusion that you avoid their use, in favour of once every three …

  8. grammar - How appropriate is the usage of Adjective "biweekly" …

    Dec 12, 2016 · A biweekly is published only biweekly. (The only problem is that biweekly can mean either every two weeks or twice a week. The only way to resolve this is to know how …

  9. Expressions of Frequency - English Language Learners Stack …

    Feb 19, 2025 · I know that expressions of frequency (once a day, twice a week, three times a month, every day, biweekly, monthly, daily, annually, etc.) usually go at the end of a sentence. …

  10. prefixes - Biweekly, bimonthly, semi-confused - English Language ...

    Mar 10, 2011 · Biweekly, according to dictionary.com, can mean either "occurring twice weekly," or "occurring once every two weeks." Falling within the same realm of confusion are bimonthly …