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SPEAKING
fort‧night /ˈfɔːtnaɪt $ ˈfɔːrt-/ noun [countable usually singular]
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English Dictionaryfort‧night S3 /ˈfɔːtnaɪt $ ˈfɔːrt-/
noun [countable usually singular] British English[
Language: Old English;
Origin: feowertyne niht 'fourteen nights']
two weeks:
a fortnight’s holiday in a fortnight’s time a fortnight ago [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsfortnight noun ADJ. next | last, past, previous | whole VERB + FORTNIGHT spend We've spent the last fortnight in Spain. FORTNIGHT + VERB elapse, go by, pass A fortnight passed and we still hadn't heard from them. PREP. after a/the ~, during a/the ~, for a/the ~, in a/the ~ We hope to leave in the next fortnight.
over a/the ~, within a/the ~ [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲