BIWEEKLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biweekly mean? 

• BIWEEKLY (noun)
  The noun BIWEEKLY has 1 sense:

1. a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)

  Familiarity information: BIWEEKLY used as a noun is very rare.

• BIWEEKLY (adjective)
  The adjective BIWEEKLY has 2 senses:

1. occurring every two weeks

2. occurring twice a week

  Familiarity information: BIWEEKLY used as an adjective is rare.

• BIWEEKLY (adverb)
  The adverb BIWEEKLY has 2 senses:

1. twice a week

2. every two weeks

  Familiarity information: BIWEEKLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIWEEKLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("biweekly" is a kind of...):

serial; serial publication; series (a periodical that appears at scheduled times)

• BIWEEKLY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring every two weeks

Synonyms:

biweekly; fortnightly

Similar:

periodic; periodical (happening or recurring at regular intervals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Occurring twice a week

Synonyms:

biweekly; semiweekly

Similar:

periodic; periodical (happening or recurring at regular intervals)

• BIWEEKLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Twice a week

Synonyms:

biweekly; semiweekly

Context example:

he called home semiweekly

Pertainym:

biweekly (occurring twice a week)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Every two weeks

Synonyms:

biweekly; fortnightly

Context example:

he visited his cousins fortnightly

Pertainym:

biweekly (occurring every two weeks)

 Context examples 

Finally, the researchers found that treating very old (24- to 27-month-old) mice with D+Q biweekly led to a 36 percent higher average post-treatment life span and lower mortality hazard than control mice.

(Senolytic drugs reverse damage caused by senescent cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)