If the firework happens every 30 minutes from 7:00 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, … 19:00 Can I say: There will be a fireworks display every half hour on the sharp. Answer I’ve never heard on the sharp before. It would be more idiomatic as: on the dot, or 7:30 — sharp. For this pattern, you could … Read more
While writing programs, I need to create a drop down for setting periods, like daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Using one year as a time frame. This question is driven by lack of a better word. I’ve had some trouble coming up with a one word adjective for 6 months. I do have the following: 1 … Read more
Is there an adjective that means “every other day”? I found “bidaily” but it seems to mean “twice a day”, not “every second day” (not even both as “biweekly” does). I’d need this word to very concisely describe a questionnaire by its issuing frequency. Answer There is no one word. The best you can do … Read more
Would the compound pentaminutely (from penta- and minutely) be correct in describing an event that occurs every five-minutes? Or is there a better word? Edit: For clarity, I’m looking to name an object in a programming model so it is clear by the name what the object represents. I am trying to avoid writing a … Read more
So, if I have to do a certain task during a whole week but with a 3-week gap. For instance, in a 3-week period I will have to do that task for 1 week, in a 6-week period for 2 weeks, not in a row, of course, and so on. One work week for each … Read more
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 “weekly” for “every week”. Answer Fortnightly: Happening every two weeks. AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : rds , Answer Author : Sam
“Semi-annually” describes an event that recurs every 6 months. Is there a similar term for an event that recurs every 3 months? (I’m guessing that “semi-semi-annually” isn’t the correct answer.) More importantly, is there a resource or table somewhere that I can use in the future to construct prefixes for other intervals shorter than a … Read more
We have two words for events occurring in periods of years – biannual meaning twice a year, and biennial meaning once every two years. However, my colleagues talk about having meetings biweekly. This causes a lot of confusion, since it can mean either once every two weeks or twice a week. We can use fortnightly … Read more
Is there a difference in nuance when using once, twice or thrice instead of one time, two times or three times, especially when counting occurrences? It has happened twice before. It has happened two times before. Are they always interchangeable? What about other usages (e.g. when comparing magnitude)? The blue book is twice as heavy … Read more
Obviously every year is annual. Every two years is biennial. Does the English language have a term for every 18 months? Answer sesquiennial ocurring every year and a half. Etymology: semi (“half”) + que (“and”) I cannot find a dictionary definition of this other than Wiktionary, and 0 hits on Google NGram. But there are … Read more
