Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan, signed at Tokyo on January 25, 2008, Noting situations involving both countries,
Familiarity information: BICENTENNIAL used as a noun is very rare. â¢ BICENTENNIAL (adjective). The adjective BICENTENNIAL has 1 sense: 1. of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years. Familiarity information: BICENTENNIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Unlike with bimonthly and biannually, in the adjective and adverb senses, the prefix bi- applies to the week rather than to the events that occur, therefore giving the sense of âevery two weeksâ. Since the term is also used in the UK to mean âtwice a weekâ, it is ambiguous there. In British English, for the sake of clarity, it is advisable to use one of the synonyms instead. Furthermore, in some English speaking regions, the term fortnightly is also commonly used to describe an event happening once every two weeks.