biannual

1. 1.

   occurring or payable twice each year

   Synonymssemiannualbiyearlyhalf-yearly

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Questions about biannual

What does biannual mean?

biannual means "occurring or payable twice each year".

How many syllables are in biannual?

biannual has 4 syllables: bi-an-nu-al. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /baɪˈænuəl/.

What is another word for biannual?

Close synonyms include semiannual, biyearly, half-yearly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is biannual a common word?

biannual is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.