Dec 5, 2011 · Strangely, although bicentennial, bilingual, and bipedal (among many other actual and imagined bi-prefixed words) would never be understood as referring to half- century, …

English is horrible: "biweekly" much more commonly means "every two weeks" while "biannually" much more commonly means "twice a year", yet it is somewhat acceptable to swap them. It's …

Mar 8, 2017 · In biweekly the prefix bi- applies to the week rather than to the events that occur, therefore giving the sense of “every two weeks”. In the meaning of "occurring two times a …

Dec 29, 2015 · In view of the dichotomous meanings of biweekly, triweekly etc. all I can suggest is that where there is likely to be confusion that you avoid their use, in favour of once every three …

Feb 23, 2012 · Per Google, bifortnightly and bi-fortnightly together have been used about 5000 times on the web, frequently as objects of ridicule rather than as serious terms for "four-week …

Dec 12, 2016 · A biweekly is published only biweekly. (The only problem is that biweekly can mean either every two weeks or twice a week. The only way to resolve this is to know how …

Feb 23, 2012 · Possible Duplicate: Are there any words I can use to disambiguate “biweekly”? Is there a term two designate a frequency of "every two weeks", like …

Mar 10, 2011 · Biweekly, according to dictionary.com, can mean either "occurring twice weekly," or "occurring once every two weeks." Falling within the same realm of confusion are bimonthly …

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Mar 27, 2024 · The chief difficulty is that many users of these words assume that others know exactly what they mean, and they do not bother to make their context clear. So if you need …