Meanings
- not comparableTaking place every two years
It is said to be particularly useful when trees are inclined to bear only biennially, or in cases where trees are liable to overflower.
1917, Special Consular Reports - Volumes 77-80, page 261 more example
The Malaysian Paralympiad, a national multisport and multidisability sport competition, has been organized biennially in Malaysia since 1982, and has grown steadily in terms of the variety of sports and number of participants, with the aim of training coaches and developing technical skills.
2012, Selina Khoo, “New Direction: Disability Sport in Malaysia”, in Jill M. Le Clair, editor, Disability in the Global Sport Arena: A Sporting Chance (Sport in the Global Society: Contemporary Perspectives), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBNSynonyms: biannually
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbTaking place every two years
More synonyms by meaning
adverbevery two years
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish joka toinen vuosi
- joka toinen vuositaking place every two years
Hungarian kétévenként
- kétévenkénttaking place every two years
Cite this entry
biennially. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biennially
“biennially.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biennially. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biennially,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biennially.
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