week
/wik/
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Type
Noun
Meaning
A period of seven days, usually from Sunday to Saturday or Monday to Sunday.
I go to the gym three times a week.
The days from Monday to Friday, when most people work or go to school.
I don't have much free time during the week.
Any period of seven days in a row.
The package should arrive in about a week.
How it's used
When this means “says how often something happens”
- number + times a week
We eat out about twice a week.
When this means “seven days after that day”
- a week from + day
The party is a week from Saturday.
When this means “describes something that lasts a week”
- week + -long (adjective)
They took a week-long vacation at the beach.
Collocations
- last week
- next week
- this week
- every week
- during the week
- workweek
- in a week
- a week ago
Idioms
week in, week out
every week, for a long time, in a boring or regular way
He eats the same lunch week in, week out.