half-yearly

/'hɑ:f'jə:li/

Thân thiện

The company holds its half-yearly meeting in a bright conference room.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Occurring or payable twice each year: Describes something that happens or is due every six months.
   • Relating to a period of six months: Pertaining to a half-year period.

2. Adverb:

   • Every half year, every six months: At intervals of six months.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The company publishes a half-yearly financial report. (The company issues a financial report twice a year.)
  • Employees receive a half-yearly bonus. (Employees get a bonus every six months.)

• Adverb:

  • The journal is published half-yearly. (The journal is issued every six months.)
  • Interest is compounded half-yearly. (Interest is calculated and added every six months.)

Advanced Usage

• In formal or financial contexts: Often used in business, finance, and publishing to describe regular biannual events, payments, or publications.
  • The board meets half-yearly to review the strategy.
  • The half-yearly dividend was announced today.

Variants and Related Words

• Biannual (adj): Happening twice a year. (Note: Sometimes confused with "biennial," which means every two years.)
• Semiannual (adj): Occurring every six months; half-yearly. (Common in American English.)
• Half-year (n): A period of six months.

Synonyms

• Biannually (adv): Twice a year.
• Semiannually (adv): Every half year.
• Twice-yearly (adj/adv): Occurring two times per year.

Related Phrases

• Half-yearly meeting: A meeting held every six months.
• Half-yearly review: An assessment conducted twice a year.
• Half-yearly publication: A magazine or report issued every six months.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. occurring or payable twice each year

Adverb

1. every half year, every six months

Từ đồng nghĩa

• semiannual
• biannual
• biyearly