fortnightly

/fɔ:,tnaitli/

Thân thiện

He receives a fortnightly newsletter in his email.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Occurring or appearing once every two weeks (14 days). It describes something that happens on a biweekly schedule.

2. Adverb:

   • At intervals of two weeks; once every fortnight.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • The team holds a fortnightly meeting to discuss progress.
  • She writes a fortnightly column for the local newspaper.

• Adverb:

  • The magazine is published fortnightly.
  • He gets paid fortnightly.

Advanced Usage

• "A fortnightly publication": A magazine, journal, or newsletter that is issued every two weeks.
  • She subscribed to a fortnightly publication on gardening.

Variants and Related Words

• Fortnight (n): A period of two weeks.

  • I will be on vacation for a fortnight.

• Biweekly (adj/adv): Can be a synonym meaning every two weeks. (Note: In some contexts, especially American English, "biweekly" can ambiguously mean either twice a week or every two weeks. "Fortnightly" is unambiguous.)

Synonyms

• Every two weeks
• Biweekly (with the noted potential ambiguity)
• Semi-monthly (This often refers to twice a month, which is not exactly the same as every two weeks, as months are longer than 28 days.)

Related Phrases

• Paid fortnightly: Receiving a salary or wages every two weeks.
  • Most employees here are paid fortnightly.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. occurring every two weeks

Adverb

1. every two weeks
   • he visited his cousins fortnightly

Từ đồng nghĩa

• biweekly