Why there are two different meanings for "triweekly"?
Dec 29, 2015 · 1 Why there are two different meanings for “triweekly”? It's almost as though the language evolved rather than being properly designed. Is there another word to indicate a period of exactly 3 weeks? Yes, "three-weekly". And for the other meaning (three times a …
What's the Best English word for 6 months in this group: daily, …
While writing programs, I need to create a drop down for setting periods, like daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Using one year as a time frame. This question is driven by lack of a better word. I've ha...
Is there a word that means "every four weeks"?
Is there a fourth word in this series: weekly, biweekly, triweekly, ...? If not, and I had to coin a word, then would "quadweekly", "quadriweekly", or some other word be more etymologically approp...
word choice - What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly ...
May 20, 2016 · What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" and "Yearly"? Ask Question Asked 9 years, 2 months ago Modified 7 years, 11 months ago
Term for "Every 2 weeks"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Feb 23, 2012 · Possible Duplicate: Are there any words I can use to disambiguate “biweekly”? Is there a term two designate a frequency of "every two weeks", like "weekly" for "every week".
Are there any words I can use to disambiguate "biweekly"?
Dec 5, 2011 · We have two words for events occurring in periods of years - biannual meaning twice a year, and biennial meaning once every two years. However, my colleagues talk about having meetings biweekly. T...
meaning - "Biweekly", "bimonthly", "biannual", and "bicentennial": …
What do lengths of time with the "bi" prefix mean"? I have understood bicentennial as once every two hundred years, but biannual as meaning twice a year. Do biweekly and bimonthly mean twice a week...
Weekly, Daily, Hourly - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 16, 2010 · "Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller time units ("secondly," "minutely"—perhaps because of the danger of confusion with other meanings of those words) and in larger ones ("decadely," "centurily ...
Word for groups of periods of time - English Language & Usage …
Sep 10, 2015 · I am looking for a word which would apply to the groupings of periods of time, for example: Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly, Annually etc For example, "this task happens daily" where daily is ....
What's the generic word for weekly/monthly etc. service?
Aug 22, 2017 · What's the generic word for weekly/monthly etc. service? Ask Question Asked 7 years, 11 months ago Modified 7 years, 11 months ago