week
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.
British. seven days before or after a specified day: I shall come Tuesday week. He left yesterday week.
Origin of week
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How to use week in a sentence
So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
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New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSaved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSpouting off against police online has become criminalized in recent weeks.
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Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousAfter an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.
As the weeks wore on, the pretence of practical teaching was quietly dropped, and we crammed our science out of the text-book.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsKeep closely covered with a bell glass and, in a few weeks, more or less, the baby Ferns will start to put in an appearance.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinIn three weeks, we had an army of several thousand men, with which we advanced against the Mexicans.
British Dictionary definitions for week
/ (wiːk) /
a period of seven consecutive days, esp one beginning with Sunday: Related adjective: 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
mainly British seven days before or after a specified day: I'll visit you Wednesday week
Origin of week
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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