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[ noun ] a period of fourteen consecutive days

Synonyms

fortnight

Examples

"most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

After another two_weeks , the first young emerge , four to eight small daughters that begin to play the role of worker_bees , collecting pollen and nectar in the field and caring for the new young generation while the queen retires to a life of egg_laying .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

During the two_weeks when the algae disappeared from the effluent BOD 's in the effluent were 18 and 16 mg / l .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Within two_weeks Warren was ringing the bell at the abbey gate .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Charles had died two_weeks before , in early November , without being reconciled to the Church .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

The story opens on the eve of his fifty-third birthday , as he prepares_for the two_weeks of festivities that are to follow .

Related terms

time_period

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