What is a word that means "a span of six months"?
Is there a word that means "a span of six months"? That is, I want to connote a stretch of time that lasts half a year, not an event that happens every six months.
Solution 1:
half year noun
1: one half of a year (as January to June or July to December)
2: one of two academic terms : semester
— half–yearly adverb or adjective
Origin of half year: ME
See also:
'Half-year convention' is a principle of United States taxation law.
Solution 2:
The SAS (originally Statistical Analysis System) coins semiyear
( http://www.okstate.edu/sas/v8/saspdf/ets/chap3.pdf ), but this is hardly common usage.
Surely fmark takes pains to indicate that the adjective biannual (or, less ambiguous, semiannual) is not what he wants.
Solution 3:
Use within.
Examples:
- You should receive a reply within seven days.
- Two elections were held within the space of a year.
Reference: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary