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fortnight::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | two weeks |
| Type of | period, period of time, time period |
| Derivation | fortnightly |
most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight.
Examples of fortnight
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The media's freedom to report on our politicians is, for a fortnight, curtailed.
From the nzherald.co.nz
A fortnight later, they came to terms and a peace treaty was formally announced.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In truth, it is Federer who has played the best tennis of the fortnight to date.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Anni and Shrien Dewani had married in lavish style in India a fortnight earlier.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Yet had been working perfectly reasonably before I abandoned it for a fortnight.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
After a fortnight little is left but a blob with eyes, arms and ink sac visible.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Nearly a fortnight has passed and consensus is very clearly in favour of a move.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At the end of a fortnight there, she shifted to Mostaganem, Algeria, on July 29.
From the en.wikipedia.org
And then you realise why Cameron threw his toys out of his pram a fortnight ago.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"
- The fortnight is a unit of time equal to fourteen days. The word derives from the Old English feorwertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights".
- A period of fourteen nights; two weeks
- N. A fortnight is a well-used word in the UK meaning two weeks. The word does exist in the US but is not in common use; I am told that using it there would have a similar response to using "a score" to represent twenty.
- N. 1. Two weeks. This term is used quite commonly. The term has its origins in the phrase ``fourteen nights.'' Armed with this knowledge you will not be surprised to learn that sevnight is also used in English and means . . . (guess).
- Two consecutive weeks
- Two weeks. Also used in British English.
