Week (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a period of seven successive days: That wallpapering I thought I could do in two days ended up taking me a whole week.
  2. the period of seven days from Sunday through Saturday, generally understood as the common representation of a week on a calendar: The 1st of next month is a Tuesday, so the first full week will begin on the 6th.
  3. a period of seven successive days that begins with or includes an indicated day: the week of June 3; Christmas week.
  4. a period of seven successive days devoted to a particular celebration, honor, cause, etc.: National Book Week.
  5. the working days or working portion of the seven-day period; workweek: Not all American workers put in the same number of hours on the job, but a 40-hour week is the norm.
adverb
  1. seven days before or after a specified day: I shall come Tuesday week. He left yesterday week.
noun
  1. a period of seven consecutive days, esp one beginning with Sunday
  2. a period of seven consecutive days beginning from or including a specified day
  3. the period of time within a week devoted to work
  4. a week devoted to the celebration of a cause
adverb
  1. seven days before or after a specified day
Week (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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