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weekend

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As a noun, weekend means the break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. As a verb, it means spend the weekend.

Meanings of weekend

5 meanings

noun

  1. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

  2. A time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sundaytime

verb

  1. To spend the weekend.

    “We'll weekend at the beach.”

adjective

  1. Of, relating to or for the weekend.

    “I'm wearing my weekend shoes.”

  2. Occurring at the weekend.

    “a weekend break”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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