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midweek

midweek

2 1.5
During the middle part of the week, usually Tuesday to Thursday
  • adverb
  • /ˈmɪdˌwiːk/
: a mediados de semana
  • The meeting is scheduled for midweek, specifically on Wednesday afternoon.

So it kind of just, you know, made it impossible to start it until like midweek.

Examples

  • I like to rest midweek, as it helps me recharge for the weekend ahead.

  • So I decided to stop the week of saying yes midweek because I just didn't see the point of it.

  • And the second one is to upload more consistently midweek snack videos.

  • The midfielder suffered a "slight muscle tear" in a friendly for the Netherlands midweek against Germany.

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  • The store has special discounts midweek to attract more customers.

Synonyms

midweekly
vsmidweek
4.2

Happening in the middle of the week, usually on Wednesday

means the same but is the common shorter form

Antonyms

weekend
∞ 1.0

Two days at the end of the week when people do not work

Surface Forms

midweek positive

Morphology

midweek = mid + week (transparent) = mid + week

The adverbial sense is formed directly from the compound 'midweek' meaning 'during the middle of the week', which is predictable from its parts.

Etymology

Midweek is made from mid- meaning 'middle' and week meaning the seven-day period, just like in midday and midnight. Used as an adverb, midweek means doing something during the 'middle of the week', usually Tuesday to Thursday.