biennial
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- noun
- /baɪˈɛn.i.əl/
- Specialized
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bienal
- One of the youngest artists ever to be included... in the Whitney biennial.
- Biennial exhibition
- Biennial Conference
- National Biennial
Examples
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The next Nha Trang biennial sea festival is held from June 11 to 15, 2011.
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The paper, "Literacy, English, and Computer Games," was presented at the Biennial Conference
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I'm going to cover the contemporary art section of the biennial in another article.
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Stress is the number one concern in UK workplaces, according to the latest TUC biennial survey of union health and safety representatives.
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As announced at the 2008 MENC National Biennial Conference in Milwaukee, the annual event will replace the organization's biennial in-service conference.
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Southeast Asia's oldest biennial is the Jakarta Biennale, held since 1982.
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A participant in the 2004 Whitney Biennial, Harrell Fletcher has work in several museum collections.
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In 1986, the First Graphic Humorists meeting was held in Havana; since 1979, the International Humor Biennial has attracted international participants.
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Carrots and beets are examples of biennial plants that flower and produce seeds in their second year.
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Many biennial plants, like sweet William, complete their life cycle in two years before dying.
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Etymology
Biennial comes from the parts bi- 'two' and annus 'year', the same root you see in annual, so it literally means 'two-year'. As a plant noun, a biennial is one that grows the first year and usually flowers and makes seeds in the second year.