week
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- noun
- /wiːk/
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semana
- The project deadline is next week, so we need to finalize everything by Friday.
- last week
- once a week
- one week
This race stands now less than three weeks from voting day.
- This race stands now less than three weeks from voting day.
- And you know, you get like a week before playoffs start.
- And then I referenced it again last week in corrections.
- I've just been spending three weeks driving Tesla cars.
- I came like a couple weeks after moving on.
- Cost of bonds doubled in three weeks, that's hyperinflation.
- We have to have more weeks off, you know.
Examples
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After that, a full week went by and I didn't see her once.
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All right, we'll see you next week, in fact.
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It's the most wonderful week of the year.
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You know, this was a tough last week for my wife.
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All the content this week is all about one thing.
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What should we do this week to get real answers?
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You guys have an exam a week from today.
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Oh, and he wants me to come to New York with him this week to visit some galleries.
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I would say apart from feeling ill this week, I'm feeling fine.
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Some spend more than forty hours in a typical week on these activities!
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
A period of seven days that usually runs from Monday to Sunday
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9.9
A period of seven days
A time of seven days like a week
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
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Something or someone that is popular for a short time, like a new food taste
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A period of public holidays in Japan in late April and early May when many people travel
- Formal
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7.9
The week before Easter when Christians remember the events leading to Jesus' death on the cross
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Week comes from an old German word meaning 'a turn' or 'cycle' through the days, because people thought of seven days as one regular turn. So a week is one full set of seven days.