Meaning & use
triweekly
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a nounformal
Happening three times every week.
Grammar: Used before a noun: a triweekly meeting. Also an adverb: The team meets triweekly.
Patterns
- a triweekly event
- triweekly meetings
The department holds triweekly staff meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
She receives triweekly deliveries of fresh produce.
The newsletter is published triweekly.
adjectivebefore a nounformal
Happening once every three weeks.
Grammar: Because triweekly can also mean 'three times a week,' it is clearer to say 'every three weeks' if that is what you mean.
Patterns
- a triweekly publication
- triweekly payments
The magazine is triweekly, so it comes out every three weeks.
He makes triweekly visits to his grandmother.
The committee issues a triweekly report.
Common combinations
- triweekly meeting
- We have a triweekly meeting on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
- triweekly publication
- The triweekly publication is released every three weeks.
- triweekly basis
- The data is updated on a triweekly basis.
Synonyms and how they differ
- thrice-weekly
- This clearly means three times a week and avoids the ambiguity of triweekly.
- three-weekly
- This clearly means every three weeks; triweekly can be confusing.
Word family
Commonly confused: triweekly or triannual? triweekly or triennial?
triweekly vs triannual
Triannual means three times a year or every three years, not three times a week.
triweekly vs triennial
Triennial means every three years, not every three weeks.
Practice
If a meeting is described as triweekly, what does it mean?
Choose one answer.
Triweekly most commonly means three times a week, though it can also mean every three weeks. The other options are less common or incorrect.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “triweekly”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.