fortnight
noun
the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
fortnights
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pluralof fortnight.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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World number two Alexander Zverev finally landed his first major at this year's French Open, but revealed afterwards he "could not sleep" and was "not eating" during previous Slam fortnights because of nerves.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Shefte: Indeed, the first two fortnights are dark and full of terrors.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
If during this fortnight of fortnights, you pass at midday through Wimbledon Park, cloaked behind trees across Church Road from the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, you might sense only mild rowdiness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2017
I’ll get used to it, probably in the next few fortnights or so.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2016
She was much in demand for house parties, and made her engagements, quite independently of her parents, for weeks and fortnights at widely scattered mid-Western resorts.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
