Words / A2

FORTN-yt/ˈfɔːtnaɪt/

A fortnight is two weeks (British): a fortnight’s holiday, in a fortnight, every fortnight. Two weeks is the everyday explanation. Fortune means luck or money. Fourteen is a number. Do not write fortnight when you mean fortune, or fourteen.

Meaning

A period of two weeks (British English).

Examples

• “We hired the flat for a fortnight in August.”
• “The language course lasts a fortnight in July.”
• “We will be back in a fortnight, on the same train.”

Good to know

a fortnight’s holiday / in a fortnight (British = two weeks). Mix-up: fortune, fourteen.

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