
Weekly, Daily, Hourly - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 16, 2010 · "Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller …
Why there are two different meanings for "triweekly"?
Dec 29, 2015 · I suppose it was just that people started using them both ways until each method developed its own purchase. But the OED does comment: bi-weekly adj. (b) Occurring or …
word choice - What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly ...
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What's the Best English word for 6 months in this group: daily, …
Thanks jwpat7, the fact is I'd vote up your answer. One word appearing in two different questions don't make it duplicates. While one question could be about what does bi- stand for, my …
meaning - "Biweekly", "bimonthly", "biannual", and "bicentennial": …
The prefix "bi-" comes from the Latin "bis" meaning "twice". Substituting for "bi-" we have: bi-weekly = twice-weekly; bi-annually = twice annually. Time for all of the English gurus to get …
Is there a word that means "every four weeks"?
Feb 23, 2012 · Regarding quadweekly and quadriweekly, I like quatriweekly or quatri-weekly better. Quadroon and quadrant, for example, use quadr-as one-fourth, while quatrain uses …
Are there any words I can use to disambiguate "biweekly"?
Dec 5, 2011 · It's a great word. Besides the ambiguity of the words "bi-weekly" or "bi-monthly," I think that they are esthetically ugly and artificial words that detract from the English language. I …
What's the generic word for weekly/monthly etc. service?
Aug 22, 2017 · There's nothing wrong with using weekly, monthly, daily or using once a [week/month/day]. For example using: To get booked into a daily service. We provide daily …
Term for "Every 2 weeks"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Feb 23, 2012 · Possible Duplicate: Are there any words I can use to disambiguate “biweekly”? Is there a term two designate a frequency of "every two weeks", like …
Word for groups of periods of time - English Language & Usage …
Sep 10, 2015 · I am looking for a word which would apply to the groupings of periods of time, for example: Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly, Annually etc For example, "this task happens …