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What (who) is biennial - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Biennium; Biennial (disambiguation); Biennially
Biennial
·noun A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
II. Biennial ·adj Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.
III. Biennial ·noun Something which takes place or appears once in two years; ·esp. a biennial examination.
IV. Biennial ·adj Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
biennial
(biennials)
A biennial event happens or is done once every two years.
...the biennial Commonwealth conference.
ADJ: ADJ n
biennial
[b??'?n??l]
¦ adjective
1. taking place every other year. Compare with biannual.
2. (of a plant) taking two years to grow from seed to fruition and die. Compare with annual, perennial.
¦ noun
1. a biennial plant.
2. an event celebrated or taking place every two years.
Derivatives
biennially adverb
Origin
C17: from L. biennis (from bi- 'twice' + annus 'year') + -al.
Wikipedia
Biennial
Biennial means (an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years. The related term biennium is used in reference to a period of two years.
In particular, it can refer to:
- Biennial plant, a plant which blooms in its second year and then dies
- Biennale, the Italian word for "biennial" and a term used within the art world to describe an international exhibition of contemporary art, stemming from the use of the phrase for the Venice Biennale. (The English form, "biennial", is also commonly used to describe these art events.)
Examples of use of biennial
1. A press conference yesterday was held to kick off the biennial, followed by a tour guided by biennial curators Charles Esche and Vasýf Ko...
2. This was the foundation‘s fourth biennial survey since 2001.
3. As decided its meetings will be a biennial feature.
4. He is convinced that "at the Biennial, Israel will be everywhere.
5. Holders Europe have won four times in the last five matches in the biennial competition.