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bi-

a combining form meaning “twice,” “two,” used in the formation of compound words:
bifacial; bifarious.

bi-

variant of bio-, especially before a vowel:
biopsy.

[ bahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

plural bis, bi's.

Slang. bisexual.

⁴

Symbol, Chemistry.

bismuth.

⁵

abbreviation for

plural BI's.

plural BIs built-in.
business intelligence.

the chemical symbol for

bismuth

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adjective

slang.
short for bisexual bisexual

bi-

combining_form

two; having two
bifocal
occurring every two; lasting for two
biennial
on both sides, surfaces, directions, etc
bilateral
occurring twice during
biweekly
1. denoting an organic compound containing two identical cyclic hydrocarbon systems
  biphenyl
2. (rare in technical usage) indicating an acid salt of a dibasic acid
  sodium bicarbonate
3. (not in technical usage) equivalent of di- 1

bi-

⁴

combining_form

a variant of bio-

⁵

the internet domain name for

Burundi

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Confusables Note

All words except biennial referring to periods of time and prefixed by bi- ¹ are potentially ambiguous. Since bi- can be taken to mean either “twice each” or “every two,” a word like biweekly can be understood as “twice each week” or “every two weeks.” To avoid confusion, it is better to use the prefix semi- to mean “twice each” ( semiannual; semimonthly; semiweekly ) or the phrase twice a or twice each ( twice a month; twice a week; twice each year ), and for the other sense to use the phrase every two ( every two months; every two weeks; every two years ).

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bi-¹

< Latin, combining form of bis; twice

Origin of bi-²

By shortening

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bi-¹

from Latin, from bis twice

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"And I think the 'fun-ness' of the song can show people who aren't lesbian or queer or bi or whatever that we are just normal human beings who like just so happen to like the same sex."

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"When you lock things up, for example, you don't sell as many of them," BI reported.

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Other retailers are testing ways to prevent shoplifting, BI reported.

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“We were talking about doing something bicultural, bilingual, bi la, la, la,” Romero, 83, says.

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One of the men, Theodore Bi, called the work “an idea anyone can get behind” and said they had intended to give it as a gift to Elon Musk.

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