biennially

Thân thiện

The festival is held biennially in the city park.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • At intervals of two years; once every two years: "Biennially" describes an event, action, or occurrence that happens every second year.

Usage and Examples

• Adverb:
  • The international conference is held biennially. (It is organized once every two years.)
  • The committee meets biennially to review the policy. (The committee convenes every two years for this purpose.)
  • This plant flowers biennially. (It produces flowers every other year.)

Advanced Usage

• In a biennial manner: Pertaining to or characteristic of a two-year cycle.
  • The data is collected and published biennially. (The publication follows a strict two-year schedule.)
• Used to describe the frequency of events, publications, or biological life cycles.

Variants and Related Words

• Biennial (adjective): Lasting for or taking place every two years.
  • A biennial exhibition. (An exhibition that occurs every two years.)
• Biennial (noun): A plant that takes two years to complete its life cycle.
  • Parsley and foxglove are biennials. (These plants flower and seed in their second year.)
• Biannually (adverb): A distinct term meaning twice a year. (Note: Do not confuse with "biennially").

Synonyms

• Every two years
• Every other year
• Bi-annually (Note: This is a common but potentially confusing synonym; in precise usage, "biannually" means twice a year, while "biennially" means every two years.)

Antonyms

• Annually (every year)
• Monthly (every month)
• Daily (every day)

Related Phrases

• On a biennial basis: A phrase equivalent in meaning to "biennially."
  • The report is updated on a biennial basis.
• Biennial event: A common collocation.
  • The summit is a major biennial event for the industry.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. every two years
   • this festival takes places biennially

Từ đồng nghĩa

• biyearly