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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Twice a time period. Semi for every two time periods. So every two weeks is semiweekely. However it gets misused so often you almost always have to check making it almost useless.

Similar to failsafe vs redundant.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Frustratingly enough, it's the other way around. Biweekly is every two weeks, semi weekly is two times a week.

    I remember it like this:

    • bicycles are two circles, biweekly is two weeks
    • semicircles are half a circle, semiweekly is half a week

    But yes, people use the words interchangeably so often that it's faster just to avoid the problem altogether and just say "every two weeks".

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