week

CEFRA1

/wiːk/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A period of seven days, usually from Monday to Sunday.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.

Examples

  • Politicians will be debating the bill later this week.

  • You'd be surprised what you can learn in a week.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈwɪi̯k]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any period of seven consecutive days.

  2. A period of five days beginning with Monday.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • It may freeze next week.

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

  • Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day, weekday < week...

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wiċe, 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”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ouk, oulk (“week”), Yola wick, wik (“week”), North Frisian waag, Week, weg (“week”), Saterland Frisian Wiek, Wíek (“week”), West Frisian wike (“week”), Bavarian Wochn (“week”), Cimbrian boch, bòcha (“week”), Dutch week (“week”), German Woche (“week”), German Low German Week (“week”), Limburgish waek, Wéëk (“week”), Luxembourgish Woch (“week”), Mòche...