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week definition

week (wēk)

noun

  1. a period of seven days, esp. one beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday
  2. a particular or specified week Easter week, freshman week
  3. the hours or days of work in a seven-day period to work a 40-hour week

Etymology: ME weke < OE wicu with lengthened & lowered vowel, akin to Ger woche (OHG wohha) < IE *weig-, to bend (see weak): basic sense “period of change”

week Idioms

Sunday week

or Monday week or Tuesday week
Chiefly Brit. a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)

this day week

or this yesterday week
Chiefly Brit. a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)

week after week

every week or for many successive weeks

week by week

each week

week in, week out

every week

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

week Synonyms

week

n.

seven days, six days, forty-hour week, working week, work week.


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week Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • spend: It spent 38 weeks in the Top Ten in 1958.

Preposition: post

  • op: I'm six weeks post op and go in for my 6 week check up tomorrow.

Adjective modifier

  • last: Last week, the show played to less than 40 percent capacity.

Modifies a noun

  • period: We're working with CSV to support more charities in this two week period.

Noun used with modifier

  • twelve: At Bradford a module has twelve weeks of teaching.

Preposition: before

  • departure: Once full payment has been made, tickets and final travel timetable are normally issued two weeks before departure.

Preposition: in

  • advance: Parties should be booked no later than two week in advance and paid for at the time of booking.

Preposition: of

  • pregnancy: But these are normally used only within the first eight weeks of a pregnancy.
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week quotes

»1per week should be ample remuneration for the best professional footballer that ever existed.

-Anonymous

That WasThe WeekThat Was.

-Anonymous

Nous voulons tous louer a'   l'anne¤  e et nous ne pouvons jamais louer que pour une semaine ou pour unjour. C'est l'image de la vie. Wewould all liketo leaseforayearand we canonly lease for a week or from day to day. That is the image of life.

-Anouilh,Jean

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