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weekday

weekday

62 1.0
A day of the week, usually Monday to Friday, when most people work or go to school
  • noun
  • /ˈwiːkˌdeɪ/
: día laborable
  • Both treatment groups completed a physical activity log every weekday for 10 weeks.
  • weekdays and weekends
  • weekday mornings
  • weekday afternoons

Sharon does not shag Tories on the weekends, only weekdays.

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Examples

  • His presence there on a weekday afternoon suggested that he wasn't working a nine-to-five job.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The audio lessons were broadcast twice a day, every weekday from October to April.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The type of day: for example, weekday, weekend, or public holiday.

    Academic text (2017)

  • What are you doing here on a weekday?

    Soul (2020)

  • Five months later, on an early weekday afternoon, there was still a steady stream of visitors.

    Academic text (2002)

  • OK people, listen, we do this show Good Mythical Morning every weekday for you.

  • Every weekday at 9:00 a.m.

    Megalopolis (2024)

  • Alice likes to go to movies on weekday afternoons when most people are working.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • He leaves his house every weekday at 8:24 with a gym bag.

    Summer of 84 (2018)

  • He leaves his house every weekday at 8:24 with a gym bag.

Synonyms

workday
vsweekday
32 1.0

A day when most people go to work, not a weekend or holiday

sometimes counts Saturday as a normal day instead of excluding it with weekends
working day
vsweekday
7 1.2

A day when most people go to work, not a weekend or holiday

may include Saturday in some varieties rather than always excluding it

Antonyms

weekend
∞ 1.0

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

Surface Forms

weekday singular
weekdays plural

Morphology

weekday = week + day (semi-transparent) = week + day

The components 'week' + 'day' are obvious, but the conventional exclusion of weekend days (i.e., meaning 'a non-weekend/work day') relies on cultural knowledge and is not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

The word weekday is made from the two simple words week and day, literally a 'day of the week'. So, it now means the days when most people work or go to school, not Sunday and sometimes not Saturday.