Did you ask your friend if they want to go to the market with you today and they tell you that they only go “every other week?” What do they mean?
This post unpacks everything you need to know about the meaning and origin of this expression.
The phrase “every other week” means the week after the following week. So, if you speak to someone on week one of the year, you would talk to them again in week three and week five, or “every other week.”
Some people also use the phrase “bi-weekly” in the same context, but it is the less correct format of the two. Some people might assume you mean “twice a week” if you’re referring to “bi-weekly.”
So, if you plan on going to the movies every other week as a treat, it means that you would skip a week between films.
The phrase suits professional and social conversations. For example, you could tell your boss that you’ll recon customer accounts every other week. Or you could tell your friend that you’ll plan a fishing trip every other week.
Britons will use the word “fortnite” to describe “every other week,” but this word doesn’t have much use outside of the UK, and most people will use “every other week” instead.
Every Other Week Example Usage
“We go to the beach house every other week to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city.”
“I still see my folks every other week since they moved into the retirement estate.”
“I like doing a fast every other week to keep my weight down and improve my digestion.”
“We play a game against a rival school every other week during the season.”
Every Other Week Origin
There are no records available suggesting the origin of the phrase “every other week.” However, if we break the saying into its parts, the words “every other” describe skipping out a section of time, whether that’s a minute, hour, week, month, or year.
“Every other” can also refer to “alternating.” The first use of the phrase “every other week” is unclear. Still, some language experts believe it is a part of the modern language since it refers to specific periods, and the valuation of time, which only became necessary as people started to charge for their labor after the Industrial Revolution. Since labor is a product of time, using “every other week” refers to segments of time, and you don’t have the interest or ability to do something every week.
There are hundreds of memes online using the phrase, and the saying started appearing on the internet in chats and message boards from around 2010. Most of the memes feature popular characters from 2010 to 2018, such as Kermit the Frog.
Phrases Similar to Every Other Week
- Bi-monthly.
- Every fortnite.
Phrases Opposite to Every Other Week
- Every week.
What is the Correct Saying?
- Every other week.
Ways People May Say Every Other Week Incorrectly
Some people may use the phrase to describe “twice a week” or “bi-monthly.” While there are some instances where this may be correct, it may come off as confusing, especially in professional communications.
Acceptable Ways to Phrase Every Other Week
You can use the phrase “every other week” in professional and social situations. The term means that you will skip a week between whatever task you need to do. For example, you could check the sales stats every other week at work. You could also use it in social settings, such as “We visit my folks every other week to catch up with the news.”
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.
This is because paying every other week equals 26 annual payments.
Это связано с тем, что оплата каждую неделю равна 26 годовым платежам.
If needed we can meet every other week.
Поэтому, если будет такая необходимость, мы совершенно спокойно можем проводить заседания каждую неделю.
Just a 15 minute check up every other week can let your boss know what you are doing and thinking.
Всего 15 минут разговора раз в две недели позволят вашему боссу узнать, что вы делаете и думаете.
Meetings are held every other week.
Visits every other week, so I can have a life.
The family worker visited and helped the family every other week at the appointed time.
Семейный работник приходил помогать к семье на дом каждую вторую неделю в согласованное время.
It was government by mass meeting, but also the equivalent of holding a referendum on major issues every other week.
Это было массовое собрание правительства, но и эквивалент проведения референдума по основным вопросам каждую неделю.
In other words, paying every other week is tantamount to 26 annual payments.
Это связано с тем, что оплата каждую неделю равна 26 годовым платежам.
That program is broadcast every other week.
It’s not like I have a bank account that’s magically filled every other week.
У меня нет банковского счета, который автоматически пополняется каждую неделю.
I could do that, like, every other week.
He’s just using the fact that we do our laundry here every other week to take advantage of me.
Он просто пользуется тем, что мы занимаемся стиркой тут раз в две недели и нагружает меня.
This crying has been happening too often, every other week now.
Эти истерики стали случатся слишком часто, почти каждую неделю теперь.
They’re cutting into my body every other week.
Ba people pointe guns in my face every other week.
And I’d have every other week to myself.
I want to be someone new every other week.
He fell in love with someone new every other week.
These sessions are scheduled every other week and provide a forum for collaborative learning by enabling real-time interaction between faculty and students.
Эти сессии планируются каждую неделю и предоставляют форум для совместного обучения, позволяя взаимодействие между преподавателями и студентами в режиме реального времени.
There appears to be a study praising the health benefits of coffee published every other week.
Представляется, что исследование восхваляя преимущества для здоровья кофе публикуются каждую неделю.
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- every other week
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1) Общая лексика: раз в две недели
2) Деловая лексика: только по чётным либо только по нечётным неделям, через неделю
Универсальный англо-русский словарь.
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Смотреть что такое «every other week» в других словарях:
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every other — Every second or alternate • • • Main Entry: ↑every every other Each alternate • • • Main Entry: ↑other * * * each second in a series; each alternate I train with weights every other day * * * every other used to indicate how often a repeated act … Useful english dictionary
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Every Other Weekend — Infobox Single Name = Every Other Weekend Artist = Reba McEntire Skip Ewing or Kenny Chesney from Album = (Kenny Chesney version only) Released = March 3 2008(US radio) July 1, 2008 (digital download) Format = Compact disc, digital download… … Wikipedia
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other — [[t]ʌ̱ðə(r)[/t]] ♦ others (When other follows the determiner an, it is written as one word: see another.) 1) ADJ: det ADJ, ADJ n You use other to refer to an additional thing or person of the same type as one that has been mentioned or is known… … English dictionary
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every — [[t]e̱vri[/t]] ♦ 1) DET: DET sing n You use every to indicate that you are referring to all the members of a group or all the parts of something and not only some of them. Every village has a green, a church, a pub and a manor house… Record… … English dictionary
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other — /udh euhr/, adj. 1. additional or further: he and one other person. 2. different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied: in some other city; Some other design may be better. 3. different in nature or kind: I would not have him other than… … Universalium
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other — /ˈʌðə / (say udhuh) adjective 1. additional or further: he and one other person. 2. different or distinct from the one or ones mentioned or implied: in some other city. 3. being the remaining one of two or more: the other hand. 4. (with plural… …
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other, otherwise — As an adjective, other means (1) additional or further (one other person); (2) different (coming from some other village); (3) former (some customs of other days); (4) second (every other week); (5) recent (the other night); and (6) remaining of… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
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other — 1. adjective /ˈʌðə(ɹ),ˈʌðɚ,ˈaðə/ a) See other (determiner) below I get paid every other week. b) second. Syn: different, disparate, dissimilar … Wiktionary
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Other Losses — Other Losses: An Investigation into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans after World War II Author(s) … Wikipedia
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every — ev|ery W1S1 [ˈevri] determiner [always followed by a singular C noun] [: Old English; Origin: Afre Alc ever each ] 1.) used to refer to all the people or things in a particular group or all the parts of something ▪ We looked carefully at every… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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other — oth|er W1S1 [ˈʌðə US ˈʌðər] determiner, adj, pron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(the second of two)¦ 2¦(the rest)¦ 3¦(additional)¦ 4¦(different)¦ 5¦(opposite)¦ 6 other than 7 none other than somebody 8 the other way around/round 9 the other day/morning/week etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
By doing so, staff members are allowed to
В результате сотрудникам разрешается делать
But could you even give her a moment, what with your banking job
requiring you to travel to the states from Tuesday to Saturday every other week?
Но давал ли те ее хоть момент, однако ваша ваша банковская работа,
Регулярность процедур: 1 раз
в неделю
или 1 раз в две недели.
Congregations meet every other week for the entire Sunday at a member family’s farm.
The Temple set up permanent staff in Los Angeles and arranged bus trips to Los Angeles every other week.
Храм создал постоянный штат в Лос-Анджелесе и каждые две недели организовывал автобусные поездки в Лос-Анджелес.
He fell in love with someone new every
other
week.
Bad people pointed guns in my face every
other
week.
This crying has been happening too often, every
other
week now.
Эти истерики стали случатся слишком часто, почти каждую неделю теперь.
Man, I hack into the Police Department, like, every
other
week for you guys.
In Holm is a waste separation at the church and
В разделении отходов Холма в церкви и
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So maybe it’s every other week, or every week, once a week, afternoons no one can talk to each other.
Может быть, раз в две недели или каждую неделю, раз в неделю, во второй половине дня нельзя будет говорить друг с другом.
So traditionally, the computer labs, particularly in an under-performing school like Bertie County, where they have to benchmark test every other week, the computer lab is a kill-and-drill testing facility.
Традиционно, компьюетрные лаборатории практически в любой школе такого типа в округе Берти превращаются в средство, ведущее к получению поверхностных знаний путем зубрежки и механического повторения.
No, the gateau is for misplacing his helmet the other week.
Нет, торт — это плата за то, что он не положил свой шлем на место.
My mother visits the dentist’s every other day to get her teeth fixed.
Моя мать ходит к зубному каждый день, что вылечить свои зубы.
Well, we did a story about a theatre in Clapham the other week.
Ну, мы сделали статью о театре в Клэпхэме на прошлой неделе.
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