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
WIMBLEDON, England — For all the days and fortnights and years of the early 2010s, the horizon didn’t seem to hold in store the kind of impressionist painting of the Thursday that Venus Williams just had.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2017
I’ll get used to it, probably in the next few fortnights or so.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2016
Physical work of this kind admits of accurate measurement, and I was careful to equalise the average of these experimental comparative fortnights.
From Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life by Alfred Arthur Reade
