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What does bi-annual mean?
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Twice a year
Every other year
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Anonymous 1d

Biannual is twice a year, biennial is every other year

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Anonymous 1d

Checked and it’s both, both are true

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Anonymous 22h

I’m sure there’s more precise terms for this in german

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Anonymous 1d

yes

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 22h

The english terms are precisely separated but biannual is attributed both definitions bc it was so commonly misused that it just linguistically evolved to have both. Thats just how linguistics works in any language, if something is used a certain way even if its technically wrong it will be adopted if its common enough for long enough

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 22h

Language is weird but fascinating

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 22h

German has a lot of unique words definitionally bc the language is so distinct that these linguistic evolutions are harder to run in to. Since american english is a mash of sooo many languages we see a lot more of this bc things get mixed up

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