May 17, 2021 · "Two-monthly" would unambiguously mean "every two months", but isn't particularly common. "Fortnightly" unambiguously means "every two weeks" (which isn't necessarily quite the same thing as twice a month, since most months are slightly longer than four weeks). "Fortnightly" is a rare word in the US, but is very common and well known in the UK.

May 14, 2020 · It doesn't matter whether you are referring to a calendar year or a financial year, those are the quarters. You can't refer to the 3 months of Febuary - April as "a quarter". Likewise 'trimester' refers to three months of a specific term, such as a pregnancy or a school year. More importantly, a pregnancy trimester is 13 weeks, not 3 calendar ...

Jul 29, 2020 · appearing or happening every two months or twice each month. Since the "every two months" definition always comes first in all those dictionaries, I assume that it is the commonly-understood meaning by native speakers in general, but how can you be so certain that it really means every two months?

Sep 17, 2019 · If "every second" is used in the meaning of "on alternate", then here I must use "every third": 2.c. I see my friend every third day. And the rest is history. On the other hand, someone else in this thread says: "Every two days" is the same as "every other day." If you wanted to describe a two-day break, it would be "every third day.

He visits his grandparents every 2-3 years. Quite idiomatic. Sounds good. He visits his grandparents once every 2-3 years . This is alright. Compared to the first sentence it seems to be emphasizing the infrequency of the visits. Only "once" every 3 years. Not very often. He visits his grandparents once in every 2-3 years. Not really a correct ...

Jun 16, 2017 · "No recurrence" would mean the event happens once. "Recurrence of this event is every year on the same date" is a valid statement, as is "This event has a recurrency of every 2 years." So you can say things like this: The recurrency of event "Party" is every year. The name of this recurrency instance is "Party_Recurrency".

Nov 5, 2020 · At least once every day; At least once every week (and less than once every day) At least once every month (and less than every week) At least once every 6 months (and less than every month) Once a year; I do not think about it at all; Other (specify) My questions are: Is "once a day" equivalent to "once every day"?

Sep 13, 2016 · 2: She doesn't go out much. Probably not once in a month. There's nothing "unidiomatic" about those usages (though they'd be fine without the extra preposition). I think the reason they're acceptable is because they stress the …

Mar 8, 2023 · Worth noting: The three options given in the question don’t necessarily mean the same thing. The first two are almost certainly equivalent, meaning that I receive a bill each month, but for the past three months, I haven’t paid (I now have three outstanding bills); but the third can also mean that I pay quarterly, so I receive one bill every three months, but I haven’t paid the …

Sep 30, 2016 · You can use the word yearly as an adverb or every year as an adverbial phrase, without any difference in meaning. Per The Free Dictionary, yearly means every year; without missing a year. However, when you are talking about an amount of money received or paid, the more appropriate and common word is annually.