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week

week

189 1.0
The number of hours or days someone works in seven days
  • noun
  • /wiːk/
: semana laboral
  • She works thirty-five hours a week at her part-time job.
  • hours per week
  • days per week
  • five days a week

After a long week of working and no sleep.

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Examples

Synonyms

workweek
vsweek
13 1.8

The number of hours or days a person must work in one week

treats the same hours or days as a neutral unit of work time

Idioms

Happening many weeks in a row

6 4.1

Happens every week in the same way for a long time

6 1.1

Happening every week and changing slowly

To hit or shock someone so they feel dazed

Compounds

356 1.0

Once each week

91 1.0

Happens once every week

One of the seven named days in a week like Monday or Sunday

6 2.9

A week of TV programs about sharks, usually with new documentaries and specials

4 4.8

The week before Easter when Christians remember the last days of Jesus' life

3 4.4

Something or someone that is popular for a short time, like a new food taste

1 3.9

A period of public holidays in Japan in late April and early May when many people travel

Passion Week
  • Formal
1 7.9

The week before Easter when Christians remember the events leading to Jesus' death on the cross

A period of seven days that usually runs from Monday to Sunday

One week after next Tuesday

9.1

A week when students hold events to raise money for charity

How Long

month
∞ 1.0
week
189 1.0
day
∞ 1.0
hours
494 1.0
hour
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

week singular
weeks plural

Etymology

Week used for working time comes from the same idea of a 'turn' of seven days, so people count the hours inside that turn. That's why a '40-hour week' means the hours you work in one full week.