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biweekly

biweekly

1 3.7
Happening twice a week
  • adjective
  • /ˌbaɪˈwiːkli/
translation icon : dos veces por semana
  • The team holds biweekly meetings to discuss project updates and address any challenges.

Examples

  • I, too, get weekly manicures and pedicures and a biweekly massage.

    Blog text (20)

  • Scientists compared the effectiveness, toxicity, and administrative advantages of weekly or biweekly dosages against the required daily dose of atabrine.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Having those biweekly budget meetings are so fun, right?

  • My first job was as an assistant editor with the biweekly New Leader magazine.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In 1999, the foreign ministry opened a new, modern international media center, where biweekly press conferences are held with simultaneous translation.

    Academic text (2003)

  • This biweekly column will take some of the most-hyped stories and let them distill for some time before analyzing the media's conversations and their relationships with what's actually happening on the court.

    Blog text (17)

  • The Support Teacher should be on-site and responsible for conducting weekly or biweekly review and help sessions, demonstrating lessons in classrooms, providing feedback and personal consultation to implementers, and in some cases offering parent workshops.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Face-to-face weekly or biweekly meetings, full-day weekend workshops, and summer early intervention practicum placements are uniquely scheduled to meet the needs of the non-traditional student.

    Academic text (2013)

  • We offer biweekly training sessions to help employees enhance their skills throughout the year.

  • She attends biweekly yoga classes to maintain her physical and mental well-being.

Synonyms

semiweekly
vsbiweekly
3.7

Happening twice a week

is the same meaning but uses an alternative form

Surface Forms

biweekly positive

Morphology

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

The structure 'bi-' + 'weekly' is transparent, but the prefix 'bi-' can be interpreted as 'twice in' rather than 'every two', so learners may not reliably infer this sense.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember biweekly in this sense is to see bi- as 'two' and weekly as 'every week', so biweekly can mean 'twice a week', that is, two times in one week.