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semiweekly

semiweekly

3.7
Happening twice a week
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɛmiˈwiːkli/
translation icon : semanal
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of participating in a semiweekly yoga class at a university on college students' lives.

Examples

  • Graham, S. M. (2006). Understanding the applicability of social psychology: The benefits of a semiweekly journal assignment. Teaching of Psychology, 33, 54-55. Hardy, M. S. (2002).

    Academic text (2009)

  • The assignee lays his proposal on the table at one of the committee's semiweekly meetings, introducing it with a well-crafted memo, La Perrault's memo for the Tuileries.

    Academic text (2001)

  • This island being inhabited, and near enough to Le Bruse for semiweekly visits, Amedee's last stint of keeping had a humdrum character, nor did any untoward voice or vision enliven it.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The company sends out a newsletter on a semiweekly basis to keep employees informed.

  • During the semiweekly meetings, the team reviews their progress and plans for the next week.

  • She attends semiweekly classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings to improve her language skills.

Synonyms

biweekly
vssemiweekly
3.6

Happens twice a week

has the identical sense and acts as an alternative term for that frequency

How Often

hourly
11 1.0
daily
∞ 1.0
semiweekly
3.7
weekly
323 1.0
occasionally
438 2.0
rarely
539 1.0

Surface Forms

semiweekly positive

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'). A helpful way to remember it is 'every half week', so something described as semiweekly happens twice a week.