weekends

[week-endz]

adverb

1. every weekend; on or during weekends.

   We go fishing weekends.

weekends

/ ˌwiːkˈɛndz /

adverb

1. informal,  at the weekend, esp regularly or during every weekend

Word History and Origins

Origin of weekends¹

First recorded in 1875–80; weekend + -s ¹

Example Sentences

Opera Philadelphia’s 50th-season opener, Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims,” performed over the past two weekends at the Academy of Music, was appropriately tongue-in-cheek.

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And yes, our car smells like a locker room, my three-day weekends are often spent at mid-rate tournament hotels, and my family’s most expensive clothes are uniforms.

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His 'Flame'n'Bake' pizza business currently opens on Fridays and at weekends behind a pub in the town centre and he takes bookings for events.

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He’s usually late to work and early to bed, and he spends his weekends golfing.

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For 16 of the 17 weekends what I've been doing has worked very well.

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When To Use

What does weekends mean?

The word weekends can be used as an adverb meaning every weekend or on or during weekends, as in I work weekends, so I always miss my son’s Saturday games.Weekends is of course also the plural of the noun weekend. The weekend is most commonly considered the period between Friday evening and the end of Sunday. More strictly speaking, the weekend is thought to consist of Saturday and Sunday (often regardless of whether the calendar week is considered to begin on Sunday or Monday).In practical terms, the weekend is typically considered to be the period between the end of the workweek (or school week) and the beginning of a new one—which is why most people consider their weekend to start on Friday night, after work or school.However, when weekends is used as an adverb, it usually means every Saturday and Sunday or on Saturdays and Sundays. For example, a store that’s open weekends is open during at least some hours every Saturday and Sunday.Example: I live on campus during the week but I go home weekends.