Meanings
alternative halfyearly
- not comparableOf which there are two in a year; once every six months semiannual; biyearly.
1 more example
However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.
1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55
alternative halfyearly
- not comparableTwice in a year; semiannually.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveoccurring or payable twice each year
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From half-year + -ly; or half- + yearly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 每半年, 每半年一次
- 每半年 (měi bànnián)twice a year
- 每半年一次 (měi bànnián yīcì)twice a year
Dutch halfjaarlijks
- halfjaarlijkstwice a year
Finnish puolivuosittain
- puolivuosittaintwice a year
German halbjährlich
- halbjährlichtwice a year
Hungarian félévente
- féléventetwice a year
Russian ка́ждые полго́да, раз в полго́да
- ка́ждые полго́да (káždyje polgóda)twice a year
- раз в полго́да (raz v polgóda)twice a year
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