quadrennial
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7.2
- adjective
- /kwɑːˈdrɛn.i.əl/
:
cuatrienal
- Thereafter, quadrennial presidential elections on the island became focal points for Beijing's anxiety about its Taipei rival.
- quadrennial review
- quadrennial Defense
- quadrennial Diplomacy
Examples
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The quadrennial festival attracts visitors from around the world to celebrate the city's culture.
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Last week, the Associated Press reported the results of its quadrennial racial attitudes survey.
Blog text (4) -
The 1974 Democratic Party Charter established a party conference between quadrennial conventions.
Academic text (1992) -
Their nominating conventions function as their quadrennial meetings.
Academic text (2003) -
The state of Victoria has also just introduced quadrennial funding arrangements for non-government schools, but the other states and territories have yet to follow.
Academic text (2006) -
GALA's quadrennial festival, held in Denver, Colorado in July 2012, attracted more than six thousand attendees.
Academic text (2015) -
In February 1988, the NLC convened its quadrennial Delegates Conference.
Academic text (1994) -
Mitt Romney wins: Iowa's future as a quadrennial center of the political universe is in question.
Blog text (15) -
The Senate also passed a bill (S.3341) to support implementation of the State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
Blog text (15) -
Every four years, the government releases a quadrennial report on environmental policies.
How Often
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Surface Forms
Morphology
quadrennial = quadrennium (semi-transparent) = quadrenn + ial
Formally derived from the noun 'quadrennium' by adding the adjectival suffix '-ial', a straightforward morphological change.
Etymology
Quadrennial comes from the parts quadri- meaning 'four' and -ennial meaning 'year', like in annual, so it describes something that happens every four years or lasts for four years.