| 单词 | bimonthly |
| 释义 | bimonthly (once / 59394 pages) 1adjadv 2adjadv 3n When you do something twice a month, you do it bimonthly. Your bimonthly book club meeting will keep you busily reading to stay caught up. Bimonthly is one of a group of confusing words (including biweekly and biannually) that have two meanings. You can use bimonthly to mean both "twice a month" and "every two months." The roots of the word are the Latin bi-, "twice" or "double," and monthly. The double definition means you might need to clarify how often your book club will actually meet. WORD FAMILYbimonthly: bimonthlies+/month: monthly, months/monthly: bimonthly, monthlies, semimonthly USAGE EXAMPLESIt hosts bimonthly meetings of top central bank officials and publishes regular research reports. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) Bureau of Labor Statistics releases bimonthly inflation figures for the Seattle area, as well as the national Consumer Price Index for October. Seattle Times(Nov 12, 2016) Xinhua did not give more details on the ruling, which came at the end of a regular bimonthly session. Reuters(Nov 06, 2016) 1 1adj occurring twice a month Syn semimonthly periodic, periodical happening or recurring at regular intervals 2adv twice a month 2Syn semimonthly 1adj occurring every two months bimonthly visits Syn bimestrial periodic, periodical happening or recurring at regular intervals 2adv every two months 3the bill was payable bimonthly n a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year) Hyper serial, serial publication, series a periodical that appears at scheduled times |
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