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Bimonthly

[bahy-muhnth-lee] Example Sentences Origin

bi·month·ly

[bahy-muhnth-lee] adjective, noun, plural -lies, adverb
adjective
1.
occurring every two months.
2.
occurring twice a month; semimonthly.
noun
3.
a bimonthly publication.

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Bimonthly is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
adverb
4.
every two months: Next year we plan six field trips to take place bimonthly.
5.
twice a month; semimonthly.

Origin:
1840–50; bi-1 + monthly

bimonthly, biweekly, semimonthly (see usage note at bi-1).


See bi-1.

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Example Sentences
  • Each bimonthly issue celebrates the cosy, bygone, hand-wrought and flower-dappled.
  • The first three issues came out bimonthly and now the publication has moved to a monthly schedule.
  • Well, the champagne corks are popping at the bimonthly magazine these days in celebration of both birthdays.
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bimonthly (baɪˈmʌnθlɪ)
 
adj, —adv
1.  every two months
2.  See bi- (often avoided because of confusion with sense 1) twice a month; semimonthly
 
n , -lies
3.  a periodical published every two months

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bimonthly
also bi-monthly, 1846, "every two months," from bi- + monthly (see month).
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