week
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1.0
- noun
- /wiːk/
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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.
- After a long week of working and no sleep.
- And so I would work all week, half them all weekend.
Examples
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Just pay me for half the week, all right?
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The biggest news story this week is the new Bugatti.
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And this happens about twice a week, OK.
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I was going once a week for a while.
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After a long week of working and no sleep.
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We can meet three times a week.
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$100 a week is hardly employment.
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There are two managers in the team, and we do one week on and one week off duty.
Academic text (2011) -
I will pay you $60 a week.
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This week I'm just vlogging my week on how I survive in school.
Synonyms
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1.8
The number of hours or days a person must work in one week
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
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4.4
Something or someone that is popular for a short time, like a new food taste
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3.9
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 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.