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week noun 1 a sequence of seven consecutive days, usually beginning on Sunday. 2 any period of seven consecutive days. 3 (also working week) the working days of the week, as distinct from the weekend. 4 the period worked per week • works a 45-hour week. 5 (weeks) an indefinitely long period of time • I haven't seen you for weeks! adverb by a period of seven days before or after a specified day • We leave Tuesday week. Friday or Saturday, etc week the Friday or Saturday, etc after the next one. a week last Friday or Saturday, etc the Friday or Saturday, etc before the last one. a week on or next Friday or Saturday, etc the Friday or Saturday, etc after the next one. a week, two weeks, etc today one week, two weeks, etc from today. a week tomorrow or tomorrow week one week after the following day. week in, week out endlessly; relentlessly.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon wice.
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