Definition of week Week

/wiˈk/ - [week] - week

We found 11 definitions of week from 6 different sources.

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What does week mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: weeks

week - any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"
  hebdomad
  period of time, time period, period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
  calendar day, civil day a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
  day of the week any one of the seven days in a week
  week from monday a time period of a week or more; "a week from Monday will be too soon!"
  weekend a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday
  rag week, rag a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
  holy week, passion week the week before Easter
week - a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday
  calendar week
  period of time, time period, period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
  calendar month, month one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month"
  workweek, week hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week"
week - hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week"
  workweek
  work time a time period when you are required to work
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • week (Noun)
    Any period of seven consecutive days.
  • week (Noun)
    A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
  • week (Noun)
    A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
  • week (Noun)
    Seven days after before a specified date.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • week (n.)
    A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • week
    A period of seven days.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A week is seven days in connecting order. There are usually fifty-two (52) weeks in a year.

    In the English language, the days of a week are named after the gods in Norse mythology except Saturday, which is named after a Roman god.

    Saturday and Sunday are called the 'week end'.

Part of speech

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  • week, noun, singular of weeks.
  • week, adjective.

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