word-vault/dist/data/cards/fo/fortnight.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "fortnight",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "two weeks",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fortnight’s holiday"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fortnight ago"
                },
                {
                    "text": "in a fortnight’s time"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's had three accidents in the past fortnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hope to leave in the next fortnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We’ve spent the last fortnight in Spain."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["next", "last", "past"],
                "verb + fortnight": ["spend"],
                "fortnight + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"],
                "preposition": [
                    "after a/​the fortnight",
                    "during a/​the fortnight",
                    "for a/​the fortnight"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːtnaɪt/",
                "audio": "fo/fortnight/fortnight__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːrtnaɪt/",
                "audio": "fo/fortnight/fortnight__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English fēowertīene niht ‘fourteen nights’."
}