fortnight
/ˈfɔːtnaɪt/noun
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पखवाड़ा, दो सप्ताह
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[C, usually sing.] especially BrE
two weeks
पखवाड़ा, दो सप्ताह
- The result will be out in a fortnight.
- a fortnight's holiday
- We will meet again in a fortnight.
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- The fair lasts a fortnight every winter.
- She spent a fortnight with her cousins in Kolkata.
Synonyms two weeks fourteen days
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a fortnight (two weeks)
A fortnight means a period of fourteen days. It is common in British English. Do not add days after it.
Fortnight का अर्थ चौदह दिन की अवधि है। यह British English में आम है। इसके बाद days न जोड़ें।
- The exam is a fortnight away.
- She stayed in Shimla for a fortnight.
in a fortnight / a fortnight ago / for a fortnight
Use in for a future date, ago for the past, and for for a period.
भविष्य की तिथि के लिए in, अतीत के लिए ago और अवधि के लिए for आता है।
- The results will be out in a fortnight.
- We met a fortnight ago.
- I have not seen him for a fortnight.
a fortnight's + noun
Use the possessive form before a noun: a fortnight's holiday, a fortnight's notice.
Noun से पहले possessive रूप आता है: a fortnight's holiday, a fortnight's notice।
- The company gave him a fortnight's notice.
fortnightly (adjective / adverb)
Fortnightly means once every two weeks, for a magazine, meeting or payment.
Fortnightly का अर्थ हर दो सप्ताह में एक बार है, जैसे पत्रिका, बैठक या भुगतान के लिए।
- The school magazine comes out fortnightly.
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preposition + fortnight
in awithin aafter afor aevery
- The books must be returned within a fortnight.
adjective + fortnight
lastnextwholebusyquiet
- The next fortnight will be very busy.
fortnight + noun
fortnight's holidayfortnight's leavefortnight's restfortnight's notice
- He took a fortnight's leave after the wedding.
a fortnight + time word
todayon Mondayfrom nowago
- We shall meet a fortnight from today.
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- Radhika spent a fortnight with her grandparents in the village.
राधिका ने अपने दादा-दादी के साथ गाँव में पंद्रह दिन बिताए।
- The shop will be closed for a fortnight for repairs.
मरम्मत के लिए दुकान दो सप्ताह बंद रहेगी।
- I shall see you in a fortnight.
मैं आपसे दो सप्ताह बाद मिलूँगा।
- The teachers meet fortnightly to discuss progress.
शिक्षक प्रगति पर चर्चा करने के लिए हर पखवाड़े मिलते हैं।
- It rained every day for a fortnight in July.
जुलाई में पूरे पखवाड़े हर दिन बारिश हुई।
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✗ I will return after a fortnight days.
✓ I will return after a fortnight.
Fortnight already means fourteen days, so days is unnecessary.
'Fortnight' का अर्थ ही चौदह दिन है, इसलिए days की आवश्यकता नहीं।
✗ I have not seen him since a fortnight.
✓ I have not seen him for a fortnight.
Use for with a period of time; since needs a starting point.
अवधि के साथ for आता है; since के साथ आरंभ-बिंदु चाहिए।
✗ They went on a fortnight holiday.
✓ They went on a fortnight's holiday.
A period of time before a noun usually takes the possessive form.
Noun से पहले समय की अवधि प्रायः possessive रूप में आती है।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
two weeks fourteen days
AaSpelling
fort·night
One word, with -night (not 'fortnite').
एक शब्द, अंत में -night ('fortnite' गलत है)।
§Grammar and usage
The adjective fortnightly means happening every two weeks: 'a fortnightly magazine'.
Adjective fortnightly का अर्थ 'हर दो सप्ताह में' है: 'a fortnightly magazine'।
⌂Word origin and word building
From 'fourteen nights'.
Origin: Fortnight शब्द 'fourteen nights' से बना है, यानी चौदह रातें या दो हफ़्ते।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a period of two weeks is a fortnight; a period of ten years a decade; a hundred years a century; a thousand years a millennium; a period of four years an Olympiad.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: दो सप्ताह की अवधि fortnight; दस वर्ष decade; सौ वर्ष century; हज़ार वर्ष millennium; चार वर्ष Olympiad।