trimonthly
- adjective
- /ˌtraɪˈmʌnθli/
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trimestral
- The company holds its trimonthly meetings to discuss progress and set new goals.
Examples
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Therefore, we decided to perform trimonthly examinations during a 2-year follow-up.
Academic text (2004) -
In patient 1, trimonthly examinations during a 2-year follow-up revealed no aggravation, thus confirming that mutilating surgery is not always indicated.
Academic text (2004) -
She receives a trimonthly report summarizing the project's updates and challenges.
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The club organizes trimonthly events to engage members and share ideas.
Synonyms
56
3.0
Happens every three months
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1.3
Happens every three months
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
trimonthly = monthly (semi-transparent) = tri + month + ly
The form is transparently tri- + monthly, but the word is commonly ambiguous (can mean both 'every three months' and 'three times a month'), so learners may be unsure which interpretation applies.
Etymology
Trimonthly is made of tri- ('three') and monthly ('every month'), so a helpful way to remember it is that the word connects the number three with months. That's why trimonthly can mean either 'every three months' or 'three times in a month', depending on the context.