Used in a Sentence

fortnightly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fortnightly.

Editorial note

The UK is thinking about changing benefit payments from fortnightly to monthly.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech3

Quick take

A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fortnightly gathered in one view.

noun

A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).

adjective

Occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks.

adverb

once in a fortnight; once every two weeks

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fortnightly.

noun

A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).

adjective

Occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks.

adverb

once in a fortnight; once every two weeks

Example sentences

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The UK is thinking about changing benefit payments from fortnightly to monthly.

2

Together write a regular report to the rest of the business about what's happening, and give a fortnightly update.

3

Most expenses are Food or Entertainment - these get a fortnightly cash amount, rather than having to reconcile that individually.

4

Why should it mean the latter when we have fortnightly for that?

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This is a huge government website that heaps of Australians have to access at least fortnightly.

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Collaboration — Fortnightly get-togethers to discuss new technologies and how we can push things forward; everyone’s opinion is important.

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> Fortnightly doesn't mean anything outside of the Commonwealth Really?

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With fortnightly builds, if that is now what is happening, there will be massive instability every 2 weeks, until the final round of bug fixing cycles.

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Offer something valuable every week or fortnightly.

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Low tech solution that has evolved over time - spreadsheets, fortnightly budget reconciliation, and a hand-written Personal Balance Sheet (which I replicate in the Wealth+ app).

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$1,000 per day / Invoices submitted fortnightly and paid within 14 days etc.

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Those are the things I tend to think about and it's led to me coordinating fortnightly calls, curating a set of Pioneer Projects and writing a lot more.

Quote examples

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As the opinion notes, the Court once took a position very like Aereo's, way back in 1968, on the subject of shared "community" antennas ( Fortnightly v.

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We also run fortnightly "innovation days", where everyone has complete freedom to work on anything that interests them, from contributing to open-source projects, learning a new skill, or improving our internal tools and processes.

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We also run fortnightly "innovation days", where everyone has complete freedom to work on anything that interests them, from contributing to open source, to learning a new skill, or improving our internal tools and processes.

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This seems to be the nut graf of the decision: "This Court recognizes one particular difference between Aereo's system and the cable systems at issue in Fortnightly and Teleprompter: The systems in those cases transmitted constantly, whereas Aereo's system remains inert until a subscriber indicates that she wants to watch a program.

Proper noun examples

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(Fortnightly doesn't mean anything outside of the Commonwealth.) Please keep (politely) correcting people.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fortnightly in a sentence?

The UK is thinking about changing benefit payments from fortnightly to monthly.

What does fortnightly mean?

A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).

What part of speech is fortnightly?

fortnightly is commonly used as noun, adjective, adverb.