Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Issued or occurring twice a year or once every half year.
- noun A semiyearly event or publication.
- adverb Every half year.
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- adverb uncommon
semiannually .
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Examples
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Haven was, in reality, nothing grander than a large farming community located on extremely fertile land, whose rich soil was nourished on a semiyearly basis by the flooding of the White - rage river.
The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998
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"Developing Asia is proving to be more resilient to the global downturn than was initially thought," the bank said in a statement accompanying its semiyearly assessment.
NYT > Global Home 2009
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Also, Turk mulls over his semiyearly candy bar selection.
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We’ve got our semiyearly departmental coming up and I just heard that the fellow presenting had to cancel.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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We’ve got our semiyearly departmental coming up and I just heard that the fellow presenting had to cancel.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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