weekend

[ week-end, -end ]

/ ˈwikˌɛnd, -ˈɛnd /

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noun

the end of a week, especially the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning: We spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.

this period as extended by one or more holidays, days off, or the like, that immediately precede or follow: We're getting a three-day weekend at Christmas.

any two-day period taken or given regularly as a weekly rest period from one's work: I have to work at the hospital on Saturdays and Sundays, so I take my weekends on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

adjective

of, for, or on a weekend: a weekend pass; a weekend excursion.

verb (used without object)

to pass the weekend, as at a place: They weekended at their country place.

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Origin of weekend

First recorded in 1875–80; week + end¹

Words nearby weekend

weeds, weedy, week, weekday, weekdays, weekend, weekend bag, weekend warrior, weekender, weekends, weekley

Example sentences from the Web for weekend

And when BET Weekend came to Atlanta two months ago, Brinsley thought he could become a major party promoter.
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Wednesday evening and through the weekend people kept marching.
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During that weekend, he writes, he met a two girls in a diner.
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The weekend in which you had your birthday party for your son was it?
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Tuesday, I suppose, would be best for Clara, after her weekend.
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But that weekend there happened to be an editor for an Italian travel magazine staying, and he took an interest in things.
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Mrs. Judd and I had stayed with the Dohertys overnight, the weekend.
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He was here, staying at the Y. Could he come out for the weekend.
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British Dictionary definitions for weekend

weekend

noun (ˌwiːkˈɛnd)

the end of the week, esp the period from Friday night until the end of Sunday
(as modifier)a weekend party

verb (ˈwiːkˌɛnd)

(intr) informal to spend or pass a weekend

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