Definition of fortnight
: a period of 14 days : two weeks They stayed with us for a fortnight.
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They stayed with us for a fortnight.
Recent Examples of fortnight from the Web
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This is why some lawmakers question whether the Senate will actually accomplish anything tangible during the August fortnight.
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Normally, this would mean the British tabloids riding him throughout the fortnight, picking away at every loss of serve and angry self-recrimination on court.
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WIMBLEDON: Williams sisters in news as fortnight begins: Bad week for Serena and Venus.
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To preserve the lawns at the storied All England Club for the main fortnight of play, the qualifying rounds are relegated to the Bank of England Sports Ground in Roehampton.
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For a summer fortnight, those aren’t grand numbers.
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His best match victory of the fortnight was a four-set semifinal decision over Federer, his first career Grand Slam meeting against the Swiss.
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Yet this time, standing in the same spot at the lectern in Downing Street less than a fortnight later, there was a significant, dramatic step change in tone.
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For the last fortnight, Trump has presented himself to the world as the caricature of the ugly American: loud, boorish and ill-informed.
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Origin and Etymology of fortnight
Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, from Old English fēowertȳne niht fourteen nights
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: a period of 14 days : two weeks
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