- Biannual
- Выходящий два раза в год, полугодичный (об издании).
Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии. 2010.
Biannual
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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 — (19c) normally means ‘twice a year’, as distinct from biennial (17c), which means ‘every two years’ or ‘lasting two years’. Since usage is not consistent on this point, it is sometimes better to use alternatives such as half yearly or twice… … Modern English usage
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
