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quadriennial

quadriennial is the alternative form of quadrennial.

Meaning of quadrennial

Adjective

quadrennial (not comparable)

  1. Happening every four years.
    • The quadrennial election of Chief Magistrate has passed off with less than the usual excitement.1852, Millard Fillmore, State of the Union Address
    Synonyms:
    quadannual
  2. Lasting for four years.

See all 3 meanings of quadrennial

Forms of quadriennial

pluralquadriennials

Words formed from quadriennial

Questions about quadriennial

What is quadriennial the alternative form of?
Quadriennial is the alternative form of quadrennial.

Words near quadriennial in the dictionary

  1. quadridigitate
  2. quadridimensional
  3. quadridimensionality
  4. quadridirectional
  5. quadriennia
  6. quadriennial
  7. quadriennially
  8. quadriennials
  9. quadriennium
  10. quadrienniums
  11. quadrifarious

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quadriennial (page history and authors); quadrennial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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