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biennial
What does biennial mean?
biennial (adjective): happening every two years.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use biennial in a sentence?
- They met at biennial conventions. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce biennial?
/baɪˈɛniəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does biennial come from?
Borrowed from Latin bienni(um) (“two-year period”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “biennial” mean?
capable of being foretold
Not quite: that's what predictable means.
lasting forever; unending
Not quite: that's what eternal means.
intense; sensitive; sharp
Not quite: that's what acute means.
happening every two years
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