fortnight

[fort·night]

A fortnight is fourteen nights, or two weeks. This word isn't used much in American English, but you'll come across it if you travel to England or read a lot of old British novels.

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The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

Noun
a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"


n.
The space of fourteen days; two weeks.


Fortnight

Fort"night` (?; in U.S. often ?; 277), n. [Contr. fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.] The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

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Usage Examples

Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.

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