semiannual
[sem-ee-an-yoo-uh l, sem-ahy-]
- occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- lasting for half a year: a semiannual plant.
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Origin of semiannual
Usage note
See bi-1.
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Examples from the Web for semi-annual
Contemporary Examples
Trump was in New Orleans for the Republican Leadership Conference, a semi-annual conservative confab.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen goes before the Senate Banking Committee to give a semi-annual monetary policy testimony.
His signature blue jacket is a Parisian street sweeper's smock purchased on his semi-annual trips to Paris.
The four officials preside over semi-annual meetings on every topic under the sun.
Historical Examples
These semi-annual sprees had been among the girl's earliest recollections.
Prairie FlowersJames B. Hendryx
Semi-annual statements of the public indebtedness were now begun.
Albert GallatinJohn Austin Stevens
Our semi-annual examination has been in progress for a fortnight.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee(His Son) Captain Robert E. Lee
Payment may be made of 1200 florins a year in semi-annual payments.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)Alexander Wheelock Thayer
In the city they get "a sufficiency of food" and a "semi-annual distribution of clothing."
The Gold Diggings of Cape HornJohn R. Spears
semiannual
- occurring every half-year
- lasting for half a year
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Word Origin and History for semi-annual
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