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biweekly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for biweekly.

Editorial note

Who deicide the meaning of a word in a given context when it has become ambivalent (e.g.: biweekly)?

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech3

Quick take

Something that is published or released once every two weeks.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of biweekly gathered in one view.

noun

Something that is published or released once every two weeks.

adjective

Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.

adverb

Every two weeks.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for biweekly.

noun

Something that is published or released once every two weeks.

adjective

Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.

adverb

Every two weeks.

adjective

Occurring twice a week.

Example sentences

1

Who deicide the meaning of a word in a given context when it has become ambivalent (e.g.: biweekly)?

2

When did it become a Universal Truth that good management requires regular scheduled 1-1s (weekly or biweekly at most)?

3

I'm not from the US, and I've never heard of anyone paid biweekly, that's why I found it weird.

4

Most of US payroll is on a biweekly system, so it's hard to accummulate too much liability as far as employee payroll goes.

5

They meet their CIA contact biweekly in a falafel shop in Mosul.

6

Won't you be storing the same amount of energy (and therefore paying the same total amount of money for that energy) whether you do it daily or biweekly?

7

You are paid periodically, biweekly, monthly, whatever, and should the business go under, so does your job and salary with it.

8

I think one of my best decisions on GrantTree was, until recently, to have 121s with almost everyone in the company on a biweekly basis.

9

I switched my dad over to Ubuntu (his new comp has Linux Mint) in ~2008 because I couldn't stand getting biweekly phone calls asking for help doing X or dealing with perceived problem Y on Windows.

Quote examples

1

So when you see "biweekly" somewere, how do you interpret it?

2

That's not the definition everyone uses:) From the Bureau link I posted above: "Biweekly is the most common length of pay period, with 36.5 percent of U.

3

Is it correctly understood that in "Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge" the competitor's biweekly runs ahead of the final submission is against the set that actually determines the final result of the contest?!

4

As someone who also recently joined an all haskell team, but hadn't coded professionally in haskell before, I'll add the biggest thing I've noticed to the "how it feels" list: On a biweekly basis I'm shown something new causing my brain to melt, leak out of my ear & pool onto the floor near my desk.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use biweekly in a sentence?

Who deicide the meaning of a word in a given context when it has become ambivalent (e.g.: biweekly)?

What does biweekly mean?

Something that is published or released once every two weeks.

What part of speech is biweekly?

biweekly is commonly used as noun, adjective, adverb.