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biweekly

biweekly

3 3.4
A magazine published every two weeks or twice a week
  • noun
  • /ˌbaɪˈwiːkli/
translation icon : publicación quincenal
  • The magazine is published biweekly, providing fresh content every two weeks.

Examples

  • Since we only meet biweekly, it seems hard to do both.

    Blog text (25)
  • I'm gonna need biweekly reports from you.

  • Service was cut from weekly to biweekly for most households in the city of 7.5 million.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The group meets biweekly. For those in the Dallas/Ft.

    Academic text (2009)
  • For example, in Madison, leaves and grass are collected biweekly and brush is collected monthly.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Then he hired a technician to visit the six farms, take biweekly soil temperatures, and feed them into the program.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Training was conducted via biweekly staff meetings where assignments were issued, strategies discussed, and an instructor-training manual completed.

    Academic text (2007)
  • For nearly 30 years, I've received the Sacrament of Confession weekly or at least biweekly.

    Blog text (25)
  • In both the primary and follow-up studies, the contracted garbage haulers collected the materials in conjunction with biweekly yard trimmings pickups in their neighborhoods.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In our office, we hold biweekly meetings to discuss ongoing projects and updates.

Synonyms

periodical
vsbiweekly
18 3.8

A printed or online magazine that comes out regularly

specifies a particular publication frequency rather than the general category
semiweekly
vsbiweekly
5.3

A magazine or newspaper published twice each week

can mean either twice each week or once every two weeks

Surface Forms

biweekly singular
biweeklies plural

Morphology

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

The noun is clearly formed from 'bi-' + 'weekly' (i.e., a type of 'weekly'), but the temporal ambiguity of 'bi-' means the publication frequency may be interpreted as either twice a week or every two weeks.

Etymology

The noun biweekly comes from bi- 'two' and weekly 'every week', so a 'biweekly' can be a paper published 'every two weeks' or, sometimes, 'twice a week'.