Word Meanings - BIANNUAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Occurring twice a year; half-yearly; semiannual.

Related words: (words related to BIANNUAL)

• SEMIANNUALLY
  Every half year.
• OCCURRENT
  Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
• SEMIANNUAL
  Half-yearly.
• TWICE
  see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- two, G. 1. Two times; once and again. He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. Dryden. 2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
• OCCURRENCE
  1. A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision. Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. I. Watts. 2. Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed
• YEARLY
  1. Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast. 2. Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant. 3. Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth. Shak.
• HALF-YEARLY
  Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.