biennial
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- adjective
- /baɪˈɛn.i.əl/
- The university hosts its biennial homecoming celebration for alumni every two years.
- biennial conference
- biennial screening
- biennial survey
Examples
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The Center plans to publish the report on a biennial basis beginning in late 2012.
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RM Auctions returns to Monaco next month, May 11-12, for its biennial sale at the Grimaldi Forum.
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The biennial Research Assessment Exercises carried out in Britain are a case in point.
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AIDS researchers decided to hold their biennial meeting in South Africa.
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The biennial World Resources Report is a comprehensive report on a range of global environmental trends.
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Their work cannot be redirected on an annual or biennial basis to meet changing regulatory needs.
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The straw poll was conducted Friday and Saturday at the biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference.
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The Boston Youth Survey is a biennial paper-and-pencil survey of 9th- through 12th-grade students in Boston public schools.
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The Democrats held biennial national conventions between 1972 and 1986 before repealing the practice in 1988.
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More Americans get news online than from radios or newspapers, Pew's biennial study of news consumption habits says.
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Morphology
biennial = annual (transparent) = bi + ennial
Formed by prefixation of 'bi-' (two) to the yearly base ('annual'), yielding the straightforward meaning 'every two years'.
Etymology
Biennial comes from the parts bi- 'two' and annual 'year', so the adjective simply means 'every two years'. That is why a biennial event or meeting is held once every two years.