week
[ week ]
/ wik /
noun
a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
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: A 35-hour week is now commonplace.
adverb
British.
seven days before or after a specified day: I shall come Tuesday week. He left yesterday week.
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Origin of week
before 900; Middle English
weke, Old English
wice; cognate with Dutch
week, Old Norse
vika week, Gothic
wikō turn; akin to Latin
vicis (genitive) turn (see
vice3)
Words nearby week
weed-killer,
weeder,
weedkiller,
weeds,
weedy,
week,
weekday,
weekdays,
weekend,
weekend bag,
weekend warrior
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British Dictionary definitions for week
week
/ (wiːk) /
noun
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
adverb
mainly British
seven days before or after a specified day
I'll visit you Wednesday week
Word Origin for week
Old English
wice, wicu, wucu; related to Old Norse
vika, Gothic
wikō order