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weekend

weekend

1.0
Two days at the end of the week when people do not work
  • noun
  • /ˈwiːkˌɛnd/
translation icon : fin de semana
  • What are you doing this weekend?
  • weekdays and weekends
  • spend the weekend
  • weekend trip

Until then, have a great weekend and be good.

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Examples

Antonyms

62 1.0

A day of the week, usually Monday to Friday, when most people work or go to school

Idioms

Happening during the weekend from Friday evening to Sunday night

Compounds

A short trip people take over the weekend to relax

dirty weekend
  • Offensive
1 8.8

A weekend away by a couple for private sexual or romantic activities

weekend warrior
  • Informal
1 4.8

A person who spends weekends doing projects like home repairs or playing sports

1 7.0

A person in the military who trains and serves mostly on weekends

8.9

A short secret trip for a romantic or sexual meeting, often an affair

A weekend full of enjoyable activities

A father who only cares for his children on weekends because the parents live apart

How Long

sabbatical
31 6.6
vacation
  • US
1.0
weekend
1.0
day off
283 1.1
half-time
4 3.2

Surface Forms

weekend singular
weekends plural

Morphology

weekend = week + end (transparent) = week + end

The meaning is the literal 'end of the week' formed by straightforward compounding of two common nouns.

Etymology

Weekend is simply week + end, meaning the 'end of the week'. It became common when workers started having Saturday and Sunday off, so weekend now means the time for 'rest and fun' after the busy work week.