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

Team chief Andrea Stella said after the 25-year-old Briton’s win that he believed both McLaren drivers had reasons to be confident ahead of the final four race weekends with sprints included in Brazil and Qatar.

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The box office totals for the subsequent weekends after a film’s opening were more important to him than its debut, as it signified moviegoers essentially voting for a film by going back again and again.

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Instead, the outrage among the penthouse set appears to have backfired, motivating people who have to work for their rent money to spend weekends knocking on doors and registering voters.

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Marshall was working on weekends and answering work emails late at night, scheduling them to send in the morning so that colleagues wouldn’t notice.

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England, who moved up to fourth in the world rankings on the back of their victory, will continue their campaign against Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina over the next three weekends.

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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.