week

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   hours or days of work in a calendar week

   they worked a 40-hour week

2. 2
   noun

   any period of seven consecutive days

   it rained for a week

3. 3
   noun

   Any period of seven consecutive days.

   Holonyms: megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

4. 4
   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.

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

5. 5
   noun

   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]

6. 6
   intj

   The squeal of a pig.

   And ho, ho, ho, went Mister Pig, and week, week, week, went she; […]

7. 7
   noun

   a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday

8. 8
   noun

   A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der. Proto-Germanic *wikǭ Proto-West Germanic *wikā Old English wiċe Middle English wyke English week 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 Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“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…