Meaning

5 senses

  1. Any period of seven consecutive days.

    any period of seven consecutive days

  2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.

    Woche

    неде́ляnedélja

    ти́жденьtýždenʹ

    a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday)

  3. A period of five days beginning with Monday.

  4. 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.

    A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

  5. A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.

    I'll see you Thursday week. [a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next]

    The wedding is tomorrow week. [a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]

Examples

8435 sentences

  1. You worked a lot this week.

    Ви багато працювали цього тижня. — Anjy

    ruТы много работал на этой неделе. — sharptoothed

    deDu hast diese Woche viel gearbeitet. — MUIRIEL

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  2. We plan to stay a week.

    Ми плануємо залишитися на тиждень. — deniko

    ruМы планируем остаться на неделю. — marafon

    deWir planen, eine Woche zu bleiben. — Vortarulo

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  3. The magazine comes out every week.

    Журнал виходить щотижня. — miketheknight

    ruЖурнал выходит еженедельно. — marafon

    deDie Zeitschrift erscheint wöchentlich. — MUIRIEL

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  4. We gather here once a week.

    Ми збираємося тут раз на тиждень. — mkazarian

    ruМы собираемся здесь раз в неделю. — marafon

    deWir versammeln uns hier einmal in der Woche. — xtofu80

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  5. I saw her a week ago.

    Я бачив її тиждень тому. — deniko

    ruЯ видел её неделю назад. — marafon

    deIch habe sie vor einer Woche gesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
period of seven days:
Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germ

From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, curve”). Related to weak and dialectal English wick (“corner”); see Proto-Germanic *wīk(w)aną (“to bend, yield, cease”).

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Forms

plural: weeks
Singularweek
Pluralweeks

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
sennighthebdomadsevennight
Close in meaning
  • a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday):calendar week
  • any period of seven consecutive days:hebdomad
  • hours or days of work in a calendar week:workweek

Word family

40 related words
RelatedcalendarA2weekly
DerivedweekendA1boxing weekbull weekbush weekcoasties weekdead weekfashion weekfinals weekfive-day weekfour-day weekfreshers' weekfrosh weekhell weekleap weekleavers weekmidweeknoughth weekorientation weekprophetic weekrag weekreading weekred weekrevision weekschoolies week

Collocations

12 patterns
  • next week
  • last week
  • three weeks
  • for three weeks
  • once a week
  • three weeks ago
  • times a week
  • weeks ago
  • a few weeks
  • that this week
  • for a week
  • couple of weeks

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
weeweedB2weekdayA2weekdaysweekendA1
week — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto