Fortnight
['fɔːtnaɪt] or ['fɔrtnaɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a period of fourteen consecutive days; 'most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight'.
Editor: Lou--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Two weeks.
Inputed by Eleanor
Definition
n. two weeks or fourteen days.—adj. and adv. Fort′nightly once a fortnight.
Edited by Barrett
Examples
- Mrs. Bennet could certainly spare you for another fortnight. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I begged a fortnight's grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I rather liked it, said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As Parker promised to return to Fanny in a week, she grew uneasy when almost a fortnight had elapsed without seeing or even hearing from him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As I said, I shall return from Cambridge in a fortnight: that space, then, is yet left you for reflection. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Yes, they have been there about a fortnight, Miss Price, have they not? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- For a fortnight past no cloth had been destroyed; no outrage on mill or mansion had been committed in the three parishes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In a house in which there were twenty burners, the tanks were filled with water and carbide but once a fortnight. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Meyler possesses a good understanding when one can give him a fortnight to consider things; but whenever impulse is required he is of no use on earth. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And Jo felt as if during that fortnight her sister had grown up amazingly, and was drifting away from her into a world where she could not follow. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I shall be absent a fortnight--take that space of time to consider my offer: and do not forget that if you reject it, it is not me you deny, but God. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Come on Thursday fortnight, and bring the other chaps with you,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer; 'I'm going to have a few medical fellows that night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- After some consideration, it was decided that we should go for a fortnight to the sea-side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We continued punctual at parade for more than a fortnight. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- These burglars made a considerable haul at Sydenham a fortnight ago. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- After several fortnights he accidentally found his meat again. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Melinda