biweekly

[bahy-week-lee]

adjective

1. occurring every two weeks.

2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.

noun

plural

biweeklies 

1. a periodical issued every other week.

adverb

1. every two weeks.

2. twice a week.

biweekly

/ baɪˈwiːklɪ /

adjective

1. every two weeks

2. (often avoided because of confusion with sense 1) twice a week; semiweekly See bi- 1

noun

1. a periodical published every two weeks

Confusables Note

See bi- ¹.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biweekly¹

First recorded in 1880–85; bi- ¹ + weekly

Example Sentences

This season has had an unusual cadence of episodes, with the first two arriving on a weekly schedule, then biweekly before the arrival of Episode 5, which aired three weeks later on Wednesday.

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The free biweekly morning sessions are built around a simple idea: Dads need community too.

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Lauren has also worked as an editorial assistant at Food Fix, a biweekly newsletter that covers American food policy.

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If billiards has the reputation of being a pastime for gamblers, hustlers and hangers-on, the female-centric biweekly pool tournament at 4100 Bar offers a friendly, supportive alternative.

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Setting up biweekly payments was quick and easy for us.

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When To Use

What does biweekly mean?

Biweekly is commonly used to mean one of two things: once every two weeks or twice per week.It can be used this way as an adjective, as in a biweekly meeting, or an adverb, as in We plan to meet biweekly. Yes, you can sometimes figure out what biweekly means from the context of the sentence. But not always. The term biweekly meeting might mean that it happens twice a week or every two weeks—both senses of the word are commonly used. Here’s the best (and maybe only) way to be perfectly clear: just say “twice a week” or “once every two weeks.”Biweekly can also be used as a noun referring to a publication that’s published twice per week or once every two weeks (as opposed to a daily or weekly, for example).Examples:

• New episodes of my biweekly podcast come out every other Monday. 



• Let’s plan to meet biweekly—every Tuesday and Friday.