two weeks
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1.0
- noun
- /tu wiks/
:
dos semanas
- I will be on vacation for two weeks starting next Monday.
- two weeks later
- about two weeks
- at least two weeks
So now let's say we're two weeks in and he's been trying.
- So now let's say we're two weeks in and he's been trying.
- So I heard the bells ringing two weeks before, did you?
- And within two weeks, you had a massive shift.
- And so Cloddick, for two weeks, is in a sort of limbo.
- I'll be sleeping around every two weeks at my house.
- Not seeing my daughter for two weeks is really difficult.
- Here's what we found in two weeks, twice a day, mini workouts.
- He stayed alive for another two weeks and then he left me.
- But if I feed you that for two weeks straight, what happens?
- I had a clue kind of like that last two weeks of the season.
- All I've done apparently in the last two weeks is devour TV shows.
- You can within one or two weeks have a profound change.
- So it could vary from just two weeks all the way to two months.
- So we've been meeting every two weeks virtually.
Examples
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I had a letter from him two weeks ago.
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That would keep us down for at least two weeks.
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If I see her once every two weeks, why?
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Not seeing my daughter for two weeks is really difficult.
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And within two weeks, you had a massive shift.
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I guess we'll see you in two weeks, right?
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But I'll be here two weeks from today.
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You can within one or two weeks have a profound change.
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Clare, why have I seen you only three times in the last two weeks and never alone?
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So, Rachel and I stayed in our cave for two weeks without once even opening a window.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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2.7
A period of fourteen days or two weeks
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'two' (the number 2) applied to 'week' (a seven-day period) yields a period of fourteen days, which is easily computed by learners. This numeric + time-unit pattern is regular in English and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the phrase.
Etymology
Two weeks is a simple, modern way to say what long ago people called a 'fortnight', literally 'fourteen nights'. Imagine two groups of seven nights, and that image helps explain why two weeks means 'a period of fourteen days'.