Definition of fortnight
:a period of 14 days :two weeks
- They stayed with us for a fortnight.
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Recent Examples of fortnight from the Web
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Was dead for another fortnight since none of them bother their hole with me for a minute.
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Spieth, who turned 24 only a fortnight ago, would be the youngest ever to win the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA.
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The wimp flew 58 combat missions, whereas tough-guy Trump might play 58 holes of golf in an unusually active fortnight.
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Some chapters cover a day, some only an hour; others might span a fortnight, a month, half a year.
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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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Origin and Etymology of fortnight
Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, from Old English fēowertȳne niht fourteen nights
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