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semiannual

semiannual adjective: biannual: occurring twice a year.

Adjective

semiannual (not comparable)

  1. Biannual: occurring twice a year
    Synonyms:
    twice-yearly

Noun

semiannual (plural semiannuals)

  1. Something occurring twice each year.
    Synonyms:
    biannual

semiannual meaning in Hindi and Tamil

semiannual in Hindi

half-yearly
अर्धवार्षिक ardhavārṣik

semiannual in Tamil

அரையாண்டுக்குரிய

Synonyms of semiannual

Forms of semiannual

pluralsemiannuals

Origin of semiannual

From semi- + annual.

Questions about semiannual

What does semiannual mean?
Semiannual means biannual: occurring twice a year.
What is semiannual in Hindi?
Semiannual in Hindi is अर्धवार्षिक (ardhavārṣik). See Semiannual meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is semiannual?
Semiannual can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near semiannual in the dictionary

  1. semiangle
  2. semiangles
  3. semiangry
  4. semianimal
  5. semianimate
  6. semiannual
  7. semiannually
  8. semiannuals
  9. semiannular
  10. semianthracite
  11. semianthracites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semiannual (page history and authors); semiannual (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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