Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A period of 14 days; two weeks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand A period of
fourteen nights; twoweeks . - adverb After a fortnight has passed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a period of fourteen consecutive days
Etymologies
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Examples
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General meeting to be adjourned from fortnight to fortnight* ntil committees are appointed.
The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great ... 1795
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"One weekend in a fortnight is what's commonly awarded and it's not a meaningful time," said Adrienne Burgess, director of research at the Fatherhood Institute.
Childhood casualties of the family courts Tracy McVeigh 2010
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If you think it useful to write to me, within a fortnight from the present date, direct to me at the post-office, Portsmouth.
Letter 376 2009
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The Lib Dems are a minority administration, so the next fortnight is going to involve a fair amount of negotiation.
Archive 2007-02-01 Stephen Tall 2007
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One of the most important names mentioned in the past fortnight is that of Marshall Zhukov.
After StalinWhat? 1953
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A fortnight is not too long for a healthy man to restrain himself with advantage.
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Alas! thought she, how long, in the careful and rare wear of Etherington and Cleves, all this would have served me; while here, in this daily use, a fortnight is scarce passed, yet all is spoilt and destroyed.
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Surely the acquaintance of a fortnight is very insufficient to form her judgment of a character on which the happiness of her whole life is to depend.
The Old Manor House 1793
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Soon, did I say! when not a fortnight is yet expired of the long and tedious month I must linger out here!
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778
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The Whites, who sealed the title a fortnight ago, remain on course to break the 100-point barrier.
Kos RSS Feed 2009
angharad commented on the word fortnight
I was nearly thirty before I realised that it's called a fort-night because it's fourteen nights long.
December 2, 2006
sonofgroucho commented on the word fortnight
I've just realised now (and I'm a bit older than thirty)!
November 25, 2007
bilby commented on the word fortnight
Uh ...
September 1, 2008
sarra commented on the word fortnight
? bilby?
November 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word fortnight
I can't count that high :-(
November 10, 2008