half-year

Biannual time span

A half-year is a period of six months, typically one of the two halves into which a calendar or fiscal year divides: The company reports earnings every half-year.

As an adjective, half-yearly describes something occurring twice per year: half-yearly reviews, half-yearly statements.

duration

semester

Half academic year

  • termFixed period or word
  • periodPunctuation ending sentences
  • intervalDuration between two points

span · stretch · timeframe · cycle · phase · biannual · semiannual · interim · season · block

academic

semester

Half academic year

college · credits · enrollment · syllabus · exams · assignments · grades · tuition · curriculum · study

fiscal

financial

Relating to money

budget · audit · statement · quarterly · accounts · profits · dividends · shareholders · forecast · review

calendar

solstice

Day of maximum tilt

seasonal · H2 · mid-point · transition

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temporal completeness

half-yearcalendar year

Full twelve-month period

year · full rotation · annual cycle · annum

duration scale

half-yeardecade

Ten-year span

century · millennium · day · moment · week

Family

year, half, yearly, halve, midyear, semiyearly, half-yearly

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