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# fortnight

«fortnight» in Mova's school dictionary: **A period of two weeks; fourteen days** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a fortnight, fortnights) — mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ

### meaning for a pupil

A period of two weeks; fourteen days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, less in the USA and Canada (where people say "two weeks"). In maths: "a fortnight" means 14 days. Phrases: a fortnight ago, in a fortnight, every fortnight, fortnightly.

### examples

- We're going on holiday for a fortnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/#x1)
- I'll see you in a fortnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/#x2)
- The library books are due back in a fortnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/#x3)
- How many days are there in three fortnights? Forty-two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/#x4)
- She gets paid every fortnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/#x5)
- The magazine comes out fortnightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/#x6)
- It was more than a fortnight since the Moon had shone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/#x7)

### note

Comes from old English "fourteen nights". Maths: 1 fortnight = 14 days = 2 weeks; 2 fortnights = 28 days, not a full month. Americans may not know the word.

### In the corpora

- [For a fortnight the teacher did not notice — until the book fell apart in her hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike/1/)
- [She listens, writes it all down, and within a fortnight he moves to a new family, the Okafors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/521-foster-care/17/)
- [A fortnight is two weeks, so it is 14 days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/222-fortnights/0/)
- [2 fortnights and 3 days: 2 × 14 = 28 days, and 28 + 3 = 31 days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/222-fortnights/3/)
- [A fortnight is 2 weeks, 14 days; the word is common in Britain, Ireland and Australia.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fortnight» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortnight/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.