week

week
[[t]wi͟ːk[/t]]
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weeks
1) N-COUNT A week is a period of seven days. Some people consider that a week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday.

I had a letter from my mother last week...

This has been on my mind all week...

I know a wonderful restaurant where we can have lunch next week.

2) N-COUNT A week is a period of about seven days.

Her mother stayed for another two weeks...

Only 12 weeks ago he underwent major heart transplant surgery...

Three million people will visit theatres in the annual six-week season.

3) N-COUNT: usu supp N Your working week is the hours that you spend at work during a week.

It is not unusual for women to work a 40-hour week.

...workers on a three-day week because of the sales slump.

4) N-SING: the N The week is the part of the week that does not include Saturday and Sunday.

...the hard work of looking after the children during the week...

They arrived at the weekend and gave three concerts in the week.

Ant:
the weekend
5) N-COUNT You use week in expressions such as `a week on Monday', `a week next Tuesday', and `tomorrow week' to mean exactly one week after the day that you mention.

The deadline to publish the document is a week tomorrow...

The 800 metre final is on Monday week.

6) N-COUNT You use week in expressions such as `a week last Monday', `a week ago this Tuesday', and `a week ago yesterday' to mean exactly one week before the day that you mention.

`That's the time you weren't well, wasn't it?' - `Yes, that's right, that was a week ago yesterday.'

7) PHRASE (disapproval) If you say that something happens week in week out, you do not like it because it happens all the time, and never seems to change.
weeks on end → see end

...stars who appear on television week in week out.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Week — Week, n. [OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik?, probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • week — O.E. wice, from P.Gmc. *wikon (Cf. O.N. vika, O.Fris. wike, M.Du. weke, O.H.G. wecha, Ger. woche), probably originally with the sense of a turning or succession (Cf. Goth. wikon in the course of, O.N. vika sea mile, originally change of oar …   Etymology dictionary

  • week in — week in, week out Continuously without a break • • • Main Entry: ↑week …   Useful english dictionary

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