Semiweeklies

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A publication that appears twice a week
2. a periodical released biweekly, often containing news or updates
3. a form of media distributing information on a semi-regular basis throughout the week

Etymology: "Semiweeklies" is simply the plural of "semiweekly," and the plural form is the one most people encounter in print, usually as the name of a newspaper or journal. The word is a transparent compound: "semi-" comes from Latin "semi-," meaning "half," which passed into English as a prefix, and "weekly" is the ordinary English adjective for something happening once each week. Together they describe something that happens twice in a week, as opposed to once. Because "semi-" can mean "half" or "partly," "semiweekly" is sometimes misread as "every half-week" or "half a week's worth," but its standard sense is the twice-weekly one. The prefix attaches to many other adjectives in the same way, giving pairs such as "semimonthly" and "semiannual," which follow the same logic.

Synonyms: biweekly publications, twice-weekly papers