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biweekly

biweekly

1 2.9
Happens every two weeks
  • adverb
  • /ˌbaɪˈwiːkli/
translation icon : cada dos semanas
  • The team meets biweekly to review their progress and plan upcoming projects.

Examples

  • Since 1996, the materials have been picked up biweekly from mid-April to mid-October and weekly from mid-October through November.

    Academic text (1999)

  • We saw the children biweekly in their homes with the mother or primary caretaker present.

    Academic text (1996)

  • When plans were running smoothly, teams met biweekly.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Fortunately for me, I became part of a writers' group that continues to meet biweekly.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Port agents were to pick up logbooks biweekly.

    Academic text (1991)

  • In addition, the most successful COGNET schools provide weekly or biweekly support meetings for staff during the first years of implementation.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The full text of Laws & Regulations is a fee-based service, and the materials are updated biweekly.

    Blog text (11)

  • The contents of the minican were collected biweekly between July 20 and October 12, 2000.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Instructional time allocation was adjusted biweekly based on progress monitoring data.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Thereafter, vaccinations are administered biweekly or monthly for 3 to 5 years.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

bimonthly
vsbiweekly
2 3.5

Happening twice a month, about every two weeks

is the plain two-week interval wording rather than monthly phrasing
fortnightly
vsbiweekly
  • UK
1 5.6

Happening every two weeks

is the neutral time-interval phrase rather than a grammatical label

Surface Forms

biweekly positive

Morphology

biweekly = weekly (semi-transparent) = bi + week + ly

Morphologically 'bi-' + 'weekly' is clear, but the prefix 'bi-' is ambiguous between 'every two' and 'twice per', creating potential confusion about the precise temporal interpretation.

Etymology

The word biweekly is made of bi- 'two' and weekly 'every week', so used as an adverb it can mean 'every two weeks', for example to be paid every other week.