Modern English usage. 2014.
biannual — bi‧an‧nu‧al [baɪˈænjuəl] adjective happening twice each year: • Wildlife Link s biannual liaison meeting with the Forestry Committee compare biennial * * * biannual UK US /baɪˈænjuəl/ adjective ► happening twice a year: »The council issues… … Financial and business terms
biannual — biannual, biennial, semiannual, though not synonymous, are frequently confused. The chief source of confusion is biannual, which is used to mean either twice a year or every two years. If no clue to its meaning is given by the text, the reader… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Biannual — Bi*an nu*al, a. [Pref. bi + annual.] Occurring twice a year; half yearly; semiannual. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
biannual — (adj.) also bi annual; occurring every six months, twice a year, 1837, from BI (Cf. bi ) + ANNUAL (Cf. annual). Related: Biannually; bi annually … Etymology dictionary
biannual — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ occurring twice a year. Compare with BIENNIAL(Cf. ↑biennially). DERIVATIVES biannually adverb … English terms dictionary
biannual — or biali [bī an′yo͞o əl] adj. coming twice a year; semiannual: see also BIENNIAL biannually adv … English World dictionary
biannual — 1. adjective a) Occurring twice a year; half yearly; semiannual, twice yearly. The annual values were disaggregated into biannual values. Then the biannual values were disaggregated into quarterly values. Finally the quarterly values were… … Wiktionary
biannual — [[t]baɪæ̱njuəl[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A biannual event happens twice a year. You will need to have a routine biannual examination. Derived words: biannually ADV ADV after v Only since 1962 has the show been held biannually … English dictionary
biannual — See biannual, biennial … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
biannual — adj. Biannual is used with these nouns: ↑meeting … Collocations dictionary
