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week
noun
a
period
of
seven
days
in
a
row
,
usually
thought
of
as
starting
on
Sunday
or
Monday
and
ending
the
day
before
it
starts
again
•
A
week
has
seven
days
.
A
week
has
seven
days
.
•
Our
vacation
lasts
one
week
,
from
Saturday
to
Saturday
.
Our
vacation
lasts
one
week
,
from
Saturday
to
Saturday
.
Old
English
wice
,
from
a
Germanic
root
meaning
"
turn
"
or
"
change
",
referring
to
the
turning
of
days
.
noun
the
five
or
so
days
,
usually
Monday
to
Friday
,
when
people
normally
work
or
go
to
school
•
I
work
forty
hours
a
week
at
the
office
.
I
work
forty
hours
a
week
at
the
office
.
•
The
school
week
ends
on
Friday
afternoon
.
The
school
week
ends
on
Friday
afternoon
.
Derived
from
the
primary
sense
of
"
week
"
as
seven
days
;
by
extension
,
it
came
to
mean
the
regular
sequence
of
workdays
within
that
period
.
weekend
noun
The
part
of
the
week
that
includes
Saturday
and
Sunday
,
or
the
time
from
Friday
evening
until
Sunday
night
,
when
most
people
are
off
work
or
school
.
•
We're
going
camping
this
weekend
.
We're
going
camping
this
weekend
.
•
On
weekends
,
the
park
is
full
of
families
having
picnics
.
On
weekends
,
the
park
is
full
of
families
having
picnics
.
From
week
+
end
;
first
recorded
in
the
17th
century
to
mean
the
end
of
the
week
,
modern
sense
of
leisure
period
established
in
the
late
19th
century
.
verb
(
intransitive
,
informal
)
To
spend
one
’
s
weekend
,
especially
away
from
home
.
•
They
weekended
at
a
quiet
cabin
by
the
lake
.
They
weekended
at
a
quiet
cabin
by
the
lake
.
•
We
usually
weekend
in
the
city
when
there
is
a
festival
.
We
usually
weekend
in
the
city
when
there
is
a
festival
.
Back-formation
from
the
noun
weekend
,
first
used
as
a
verb
in
the
early
20th
century
.
weekly
adjective
-
weekly
,
weeklies
happening
or
appearing
once
every
week
•
Our
team
holds
a
weekly
meeting
every
Monday
morning
.
Our
team
holds
a
weekly
meeting
every
Monday
morning
.
•
The
town
hosts
a
weekly
farmers'
market
in
the
square
.
The
town
hosts
a
weekly
farmers'
market
in
the
square
.
From
Old
English
wīclīċe
(“
weekly
,
once
a
week
”),
from
wīc
(“
week
”)
+
-ly
.
adverb
-
weekly
,
weeklies
once
each
week
;
every
week
•
We
meet
weekly
to
discuss
our
progress
.
We
meet
weekly
to
discuss
our
progress
.
•
I
water
the
plants
weekly
so
they
stay
healthy
.
I
water
the
plants
weekly
so
they
stay
healthy
.
noun
-
weekly
,
weeklies
a
magazine
or
newspaper
that
is
published
once
every
week
•
He
always
picks
up
a
weekly
on
his
way
to
work
.
He
always
picks
up
a
weekly
on
his
way
to
work
.
•
Several
popular
weeklies
feature
celebrity
news
.
Several
popular
weeklies
feature
celebrity
news
.