Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Occurring every two months; bimonthly.
- adjective Lasting two months.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Happening every two months; continuing two months.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Continuing two months.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring
once every twomonths
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective occurring every two months
- adjective two months long; lasting two months
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin bimēstris : bi-, two; see bi– + mēnsis, month; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]
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Examples
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(June, 1300), -- an office which the Florentines had made bimestrial in its tenure, in order apparently to secure at least six constitutional chances of revolution in the year.
Among My Books Second Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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Help-online (i.e. videoconference) requests and payments are made at the beginning of the month on monthly (bimestrial, 3 -, 4 -, 6 -, 12-months) base.
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Help-online (i.e. videoconference) requests and payments are made at the beginning of the month on monthly (bimestrial, 3 -, 4 -, 6 -, 12-months) base.
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