bi-weekly

bi-week·ly

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bahy week-lee]
- /baɪ ˈwik li/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bahy week-lee]
- /baɪ ˈwik li/

Definitions of bi-weekly word

adjective bi-weekly occurring every two weeks. 1
adjective bi-weekly occurring twice a week; semiweekly. 1
noun plural bi-weekly a periodical issued every other week. 1
adverb bi-weekly every two weeks. 1
adverb bi-weekly twice a week. 1
noun bi-weekly See bi-1. 1

See all 8 definitions of bi-weekly

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Origin of bi-weekly

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85; bi-1 + weekly

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Parts of speech for Bi-weekly

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Bi-weekly

bi-weekly popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for bi-weekly

adj bi-weekly

fortnightly — occurring or appearing once a fortnight.

noun bi-weekly

pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
booklet — A booklet is a small book that has a paper cover and that gives you information about something.
journal — a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations: She kept a journal during her European trip.
manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
daily — If something happens daily, it happens every day.

All 40 Synonyms of bi-weekly