- plural of weekday.
weekdays
Americanadverb
Usage
What does weekdays mean? Weekdays is an adverb that means on the days from Monday through Friday. Each of these days is considered a weekday—a day that is not a weekend day (Saturday or Sunday). The word week most commonly refers to any period of seven consecutive days, or to the seven-day period on the calendar that begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. However, in weekdays, it refers to the five-day period that’s often considered the workweek or school week. The standard workweek is from Monday through Friday, though working schedules vary widely. For this reason, weekdays is typically used to distinguish things that happen during the workweek from those that happen on the weekend. It’s especially used in the context of business hours and working schedules. The word weekends can be used as an adverb in the same way. Example: We’re open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but we’re closed weekends.
Etymology
Origin of weekdays
Example Sentences
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The system encourages him to sleep in on Mondays and travel less on weekdays, and helps him organize his calendar and pick out gifts for friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Videos for their vast social media following are filmed at weekends, so that weekdays are largely kept free for school, Kavuma says.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Cusack said his daughter could often be working seven days a week, with training and marketing during weekdays and games at the weekend.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Overall, weekend ratings were 0.04 of a star lower, on a scale of one to five stars, than ones on the weekdays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
When he visited, on weekends, and sometimes weekdays after work, he played with us, read the comics aloud, or took us for walks.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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