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fortnight
noun as in fourteen nights and days; two weeks
Strongest matches
- half-month
- two weeks
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Example Sentences
This that you describe must have happened a fortnight after he died.
There were no other visitors save for a man who came for a fortnight with his wife and seven children.
Fireplace ashes are a hazard for at least a day and can remain so for as long as a fortnight, Duran says.
A fortnight ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, accused Israel of committing "genocide" against the Palestinians.
It appears that even the sedate Fortnight has a soft spot for star-f------.
A primitive savage makes a bow and arrow in a day: it takes him a fortnight to make a bark canoe.
Some of the half-made hay in the meadows looks as though it had been standing out to bleach for the last fortnight.
Who could have believed that only a fortnight ago these same figures were clean as new pins; smart and well-liking!
I shall be glad to hear from you soon, as I intend to go to Padstow in a few days and shall not return under a fortnight.
During that fortnight of silence the whole of the Turkish Empire has been moving—closing in—on the Dardanelles.
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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fortnight, such as: null, and null.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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