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Originally Posted by Kadath
But that's just through misuse. It's right there in the definition:
"Happening twice a week; semiweekly."
Semi- means "twice a", bi- means "once every other."
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No, the definition contains both:
1. Happening every two weeks.
2. Happening twice a week; semiweekly.
Since misuse has confused the term, it isn't worth using.
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USAGE NOTE Bimonthly and biweekly mean “once every two months” and “once every two weeks.” For “twice a month” and “twice a week,” the words semimonthly and semiweekly should be used. Since there is a great deal of confusion over the distinction, a writer is well advised to substitute expressions like every two months or twice a month where possible. However, each noun form has only one sense in the publishing world. Thus, a bimonthly is published every two months, and a biweekly every two weeks.
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