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Topic: CHRONOLOGY

Language: Old English
Origin: wicu

week

 noun
     
week S1 W1 [countable]
1TMC a period of seven days and nights, usually measured in Britain from Monday to Sunday and in the US from Sunday to Saturday
once/twice/three times etc a week
Letters were delivered twice a week only.
I can't see you this week.
last/next week (=the week before or after this one)
See you next week.
2TMC any period of seven days and nights
for a week/two weeks etc
I've been living here for six weeks.
in a week/two weeks etc (=one, two etc weeks from now)
If he hasn't phoned in a week, I'll phone him.
It will cost you an estimated £10 per week to feed one dog.
The training program lasts three weeks.
3BE the part of the week when you go to work, usually from Monday to Friday [= working week]:
a 35-hour week
during the week
I don't see her during the week.
4

Monday week/Tuesday week etc

British EnglishTMC a week after the day that is mentioned:
We're off to Spain Sunday week.
5TMC

a week on Monday etc

British English a week from Monday etc American English a week after the day that is mentioned:
The Reids are coming for dinner a week from Sunday.
Keith's coming home two weeks on Saturday (=two weeks after next Saturday).
6

week after week

also week in week out continuously for many weeks:
We do the same things week in week out.
Definition of week from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic CHRONOLOGY
Word of the Day
The CHRONOLOGY
Word of the Day is:
p.m.

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