Definition of Semiannual

1. Adjective. Occurring or payable twice each year.

Exact synonyms: Biannual, Biyearly, Half-yearly
Similar to: Periodic, Periodical

Definition of Semiannual

1. a. Half- yearly.

Definition of Semiannual

1. Adjective. Occurring twice a year; half-yearly; biannual. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semiannual

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiannual

semiacid
semiacidified
semiadherent
semialdehyde
semialgebraic
semialgebras
semiallogeneic
semiamplexicaul
semiamplitude
semiamusing
semianalytic
semianalytical
semiangle
semiangles
semianimate
semiannual (current term)
semiannually
semiannular
semiapologetic
semiapologetically
semiaquatic
semiarboreal
semiarid
semiaridities
semiaridity
semiattached
semiautobiographical
semiautobiographically
semiautomate
semiautomated

Literary usage of Semiannual

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1917)
"1863. First Meeting, New York, NY, June 9 and 10. 1864. semiannual ... semiannual—New York, NY, March 5 and 6. Annual—New York, NY, September 4. 1867. ..."

2. Bibliography of American Historical Societies (the United States and the by Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin (1896)
"Proceedings at the semiannual Meeting of the Society held in Boston, April 30, 1879. ... semiannual meeting, April 27, 1881: Proceedings at the meeting; ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1902)
"Inversion in a semiannual period of the type recurring in the %6.68-day period. DIRECT AND INVERSE TYPES, FOUND BY TRIALS. ..."

4. Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry, March 3, 1905 by United States Bureau of Corporations (1905)
"Average values obtained by three large packers for hides and butter fat, by semiannual periods, July, 1902-June, 1904 183 78. Cost of cattle and value of ..."

5. Community-based Interventions For Smokers: The Commit Field Experience by Beti Thompson, David M. Burns, William R. Lynn, Donald Shopland (2004)
"DISTRIBUTING The COMMIT newsletters also were aimed at maintaining ongoing A semiannual communication with smokers to encourage ..."

6. Smoking and Drinking by James Parton (1868)
"He has had steady two-quarts-a-day men, and men who were subject only to semiannual debauches. He has had men whose "tears" lasted but forty-eight hours, ..."

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