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semiweekly

semiweekly

5.3
A magazine or newspaper published twice each week
  • noun
  • /ˌsɛmɪˈwiːkli/
translation icon : publicación semanales
  • I look forward to reading the town's semiweekly updates about local events and news.

Examples

  • Strong weekly, annual, and semiweekly cycles and weak monthly, semiannual, bimonthly, and 4-monthly cycles were uncovered.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Strong weekly, annual, and semiweekly cycles were uncovered in total daily crisis calls within the time period in Vancouver.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The community newsletter is published on a semiweekly basis, arriving every Tuesday and Friday.

  • Subscribers receive a semiweekly magazine filled with tips and articles every Wednesday and Saturday.

How Often

hourly
11 1.0
daily
∞ 1.0
semiweekly
5.3
weekly
323 1.0
occasionally
438 2.0
rarely
539 1.0

Surface Forms

semiweekly singular
semiweeklies plural

Morphology

semiweekly = weekly (semi-transparent) = semi + week + ly

The word is built transparently from semi- + weekly, but the meaning 'twice a week' is a conventional frequency sense rather than a fully literal 'half-weekly' reading.

Etymology

Semiweekly combines semi- ('half') and weekly ('every week'). So a semiweekly periodical comes 'every half week', which is why it appears twice a week.