Meanings
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noun
A period of two weeks.
We are going on holiday for a fortnight in August.
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Synonyms
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noun
· a period of two weeks.
two weeks
Word family
Forms
fortnights
Etymology
From Middle English fourtenyght, fourtene nyght, from Old English fēowertīene niht (literally “fourteen nights"; the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights), equivalent to fourteen + night. Compare sennight.
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