TRIWEEKLY Definition & Meaning

triweekly

[trahy-week-lee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

every three weeks.
three times a week.

adjective

occurring or appearing every three weeks.
occurring or appearing three times a week.

noun

plural

triweeklies

a triweekly publication.

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adjective

every three weeks
three times a week

noun

a triweekly publication

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of triweekly¹

First recorded in 1825–35; tri- + weekly

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Example Sentences

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There’s “weekly,” “biweekly,” even “triweekly” — but is there a word for something that happens once every four weeks?

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Etta crouched into proper form, per her triweekly training with Eric Cafferty, her coach, and confidently exhaled as she lifted a chalk-dusted barbell bearing 143 pounds off the floor.

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There is a post office in the village, through which a triweekly mail passes to and from Natchez.

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And in addition to room service from Wolfgang Puck, the Hotel Oceana in Santa Monica, Calif., offers a triweekly jump on the day with a 6 a.m. "run" with hotel general manager Seth Horowitz.

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"Perverting the Olympic ideals," the triweekly newspaper Soviet Culture reports, "American Big Business has seized control of the preparations of the Games."

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When To Use

What does triweekly mean?

Triweekly is commonly used to mean one of two things: once every three weeks or three times per week.It can be used this way as an adjective, as in a triweekly meeting, or an adverb, as in We plan to meet triweekly. Yes, you can sometimes figure out what triweekly means from the context of the sentence. But not always. The term triweekly meeting might mean that it happens three times a week or every three weeks—both senses of the word are commonly used. Here’s the best (and maybe only) way to be perfectly clear: just say “three times a week” or “once every three weeks.”Triweekly can also be used as a noun referring to a publication that’s published three times per week or once every three weeks (as opposed to a daily or weekly, for example).Examples:

New episodes of my triweekly podcast come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Let’s plan to meet triweekly, on every third Thursday.

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