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week
[ week ]
noun
- a period of seven successive days:
That wallpapering I thought I could do in two days ended up taking me a whole week.
- the period of seven days from Sunday through Saturday, generally understood as the common representation of a week on a calendar:
The 1st of next month is a Tuesday, so the first full week will begin on the 6th.
- a period of seven successive days that begins with or includes an indicated day:
the week of June 3; Christmas week.
- (often initial capital letter) a period of seven successive days devoted to a particular celebration, honor, cause, etc.:
National Book Week.
- the working days or working portion of the seven-day period; workweek:
Not all American workers put in the same number of hours on the job, but a 40-hour week is the norm.
adverb
- British. seven days before or after a specified day:
I shall come Tuesday week. He left yesterday week.
week
/ wiːk /
noun
- a period of seven consecutive days, esp one beginning with Sunday hebdomadal
- a period of seven consecutive days beginning from or including a specified day
Easter week
a week from Wednesday
- the period of time within a week devoted to work
- a week devoted to the celebration of a cause
adverb
- seven days before or after a specified day
I'll visit you Wednesday week
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Example Sentences
In Austria, between late April and mid-June, cases stayed below 100 for weeks, then gradually rose, with 768 reported on September 16.
They make roughly 70% of their revenue in about 16 hours a week.
Testing has surged in Europe, with France, for example, targeting 1 million tests a week.
Photographer Madison “Max” Pittman books at least one wedding a week using Instagram.
In contrast, a recent study analyzed data from a national, for-profit hospice company and found that, in normal times, home hospice patients receive an average of about 7 visits per week from hospice workers, totaling about 9 hours of care time.
This week, Florida became the 36th state to allow same-sex marriage.
Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
In Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.
Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.
Training in Taji began Dec. 20; a week later, 218 Iraqis began receiving training in Anbar.
Dick was at the wharf, one day last week, when one of the up river boats arrived.
During the first week, not a day passed without smart skirmishes.
Within a week all Missouri will be ablaze, and the hottest place for Yankees in all Christendom.
But I will plough one more field this week; though, I know not why it is, my thoughts go against it even now.
The governess is Swiss and for one week she talks nothing but French and for another nothing but German.
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More About Week
What does week mean?
Week most generally refers to any period of seven consecutive days.
The word week also commonly refers to the seven-day period that begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday (though in some places this may be different, with the week considered to begin on Monday, for example). There are 52 of these weeks in a calendar year.
Sometimes, the word week is used to refer to a seven-day period that begins or includes a specific day, as in the week of September 5 or Thanksgiving week.
It can also be used to refer to a seven-day period dedicated to a specific cause or cultural observation, as in National Grief Awareness Week.
The word week is also often used to refer to the workweek (or schoolweek) to distinguish this span of (often five) days from the weekend. The standard workweek is from Monday through Friday, with Saturday and Sunday being considered the weekend, though working schedules vary widely. Many full-time jobs consist of a 40-hour week (five eight-hour days).
The days within this five-day span are called weekdays, and the evenings of those days are called weeknights. The middle of the week is called midweek.
The word weekly most commonly means done or happening once a week or every week, as in a weekly meeting.
Example: They said it would take a week to get a reply, and it’s been six days already, so I’m hoping for a response tomorrow.
Where does week come from?
The first records of the word week come from before the 900s. It’s related to the Latin vicis, meaning “turn.” The week as a unit of time is very old, dating back at least to Sumerian and Babylonian cultures, which both used a seven-day unit of time. The seven-day week appears in the Biblical account of creation.
The rarely used word yesterweek means the same thing as yesterday but for a week. More commonly, we just say last week (or the past week). The week equivalent of tomorrow is next week (or the coming week). To refer to the current week, we say this week.
Speakers of British English sometimes use week as an adverb meaning “a week before or after the day,” as in She visited yesterday week (a week from yesterday), or We’ll be publishing it Thursday week (a week from Thursday).
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What are some other forms related to week?
- weekly (adjective, adverb)
What are some synonyms for week?
- hebdomad (rare)
- sennight (rare)
- workweek (when week refers to the five-day period that is not the weekend)
What are some words that share a root or word element with week?
What are some words that often get used in discussing week?
How is week used in real life?
Week is one of the basic units that we use to measure time, along with seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years. It is an extremely common word—there is no other common word to refer to a seven-day unit of time.
"Blinding Lights" by @theweeknd has officially spent a full year (52 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. It is just the 76th song in HISTORY and his first song to achieve this. pic.twitter.com/QYGm508MWP
— Pop Data (@PopDataMusic) November 30, 2020
Klopp on Thiago: "On that day when he got injured v Everton, after the scan there was good news & bad news. Nothing broken or ruptured but it was still a massive impact on the knee. It's still not okay. I can't say exactly when he will be fine but it'll take a few weeks still."
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) November 30, 2020
A parent said such a nice comment to me earlier, and to say it’s made my week is an understatement!🙌🏻
— Mr O'Leary (@MrOLeary3) November 30, 2020
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The word week can sometimes refer to a five-day period.
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