weekweek /wiːk/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 
Letters were delivered twice a week only. I can’t see you this week.last/next week (=the week before or after this one) See you next week.2any period of seven days and nightsfor a week/two weeks etc I’ve been living here for six weeks.in a week/two weeks etc (=one, two etc weeks from now) If he hasn’t phoned in a week, I’ll phone him. It will cost you an estimated £10 per week to feed one dog. The training program lasts three weeks.3the part of the week when you go to work, usually from Monday to Friday SYN working week: a 35-hour weekduring the week I don’t see her during the week.4Monday week/Tuesday week etc British English a week after the day that is mentioned: We’re off to Spain Sunday week.5 a week on Monday etc British English, a week from Monday etc American English a week after the day that is mentioned: The Reids are coming for dinner a week from Sunday. Keith’s coming home two weeks on Saturday (=two weeks after next Saturday).6 week after week (also week in week out) continuously for many weeks: We do the same things week in week out.GRAMMAR: Patterns with weeklast week/this week etcDon’t use in with these words:• You say last week: · I saw her last week. ✗Don’t say: I saw her in last week.• You say this week: · I’m going to be busy at work this week. ✗Don’t say: I’m going to be busy at work in this week.• You say next week: · Shall we meet for lunch next week? ✗Don’t say: Shall we meet for lunch in next week?• You say that week: · He was sick that week. ✗Don’t say: He was sick in that week.a week• You use a week when saying how many times in a week something happens: · We have four English lessons a week.· ✗Don’t say: We have four English lessons in a week.all week• You use all week when talking about something that happens during every part of a week: · We had good weather all week. ✗Don’t say: We had good weather all the week.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesthis week· He’ll be in the office this week, so you should give him a call.next week· The wedding is next week.last week· Last week, my washing machine broke down.the past week· Five soldiers were killed in the past week alone.the previous week· She thought about what a colleague had said to her the previous week.the following week· She booked another appointment for the following week.a full/whole week (=every day in a week)· I can’t believe we’ve been here a whole week already.phrasesa day of the week· Friday is our busiest day of the week.
WORD ORIGINweek
Origin:
Old English wicuEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a 40-hour week
- I don't go out much during the week.
- It would probably take a week to hike that far.
- The class meets once a week.
- And the Financial Ombudsman Service this week published a briefing note for firms handling endowment mortgage complaints.
- At the end of the first week you will have a solid foundation on which to build in future weeks.
- He was discharged three weeks after admission, having recovered fully.
- Inspect stored fruit every week and throw out any that has started to go rotten.
- Johnny Haynes's £100 a week neither bankrupted Fulham nor killed the game.
- Just last week, I met a couple with four children under 10, all living in a van.
- The measure was overwhelmingly passed by both Houses of Congress this week.
- We will give all 16-19 year olds in work the equivalent of at least two days a week education or training.
THESAURUSa long time
a long period of time, especially many months or years: · They’ve been married a long time – nearly 30 years.· The house has been empty for a long time.
continuing for the whole day, night, year etc – used especially to emphasize that it is a long time: · It’s going to take me all night to finish this essay.· He’s in London all week, and only comes home at the weekends.
many hours, weeks, months, or years – used to emphasize that it is a long time, or much longer than it should be: · It’s years since I rode a bike.· My wife had to wait months for a hospital appointment.
especially British English informal a very long time: · I’ve been standing here for ages.· The software takes ages to load.· They’ve lived there for ages.
(also some time) a fairly long time: · I hadn’t seen Paul for a while, and he’d completely changed.· It may be some time before the company starts to make a profit.
American English a very long time: · For the longest time, my daughter wasn’t reading at all.· It took me the longest time to figure out how to work the sunroof in this car.
WORD SETSAD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives Ten years after he bought the painting, Carswell discovered that it was a fake. The experience haunted me for years afterwards. Our birthdays are exactly a month apart. The rent money is two months in arrears. She had a nice easy day at home. The talks have now entered their third week. The plants need to be watered every few days. She had enjoyed her few days in Monaco. As the weeks went by, I became more and more worried. Hardly a week goes by without some food scare being reported in the media. I got a few days’ grace to finish my essay. Did you see the game on TV last night? The law was passed last August. A good coat will last you ten years. Cut flowers will last longer if you put flower food in the water. He became Senator two years later. The baby died later that night. The dentist could fit you in later in the week. He knows he’s only got a few months to live. A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days). Everything should be sorted out by the middle of next year. We’re hoping to open the factory sometime next year. ‘When did you email her?’ ‘Only yesterday.’ income tax paid in preceding years She’s been out four nights in a row. On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid. You have two hours to complete the test, starting now. Isabel stayed for a year in Paris to study. He counted the night’s takings. There was an hour wait before the next train departed.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· He’ll be in the office this week, so you should give him a call.
· The wedding is next week.
· Last week, my washing machine broke down.
· Five soldiers were killed in the past week alone.
· She thought about what a colleague had said to her the previous week.
· She booked another appointment for the following week.
(=every day in a week)· I can’t believe we’ve been here a whole week already.
phrases· Friday is our busiest day of the week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Ten years after he bought the painting, Carswell discovered that it was a fake. (=the next day, week etc) His car was outside your house the morning after Bob’s engagement party. I’ll see you again tomorrow or the day after. She retired from politics the year after she received the Nobel Prize.
His car was outside your house the morning after Bob’s engagement party. I’ll see you again tomorrow or the day after. She retired from politics the year after she received the Nobel Prize. The experience haunted me for years afterwards. Our birthdays are exactly a month apart. The rent money is two months in arrears.· A train had broken down, causing a two-hour delay.
(=on each day, in each week etc) a disease that affects about 10 million people each year
a disease that affects about 10 million people each year· Newly qualified teachers earn a minimum of £24,000 a year.
She had a nice easy day at home.· Karen’s returning to the States at the end of the month.
The talks have now entered their third week. (=at least once on each day, in each week etc) They see each other every day. Richard visits his mother every week.
They see each other every day. Richard visits his mother every week. The plants need to be watered every few days. She had enjoyed her few days in Monaco. As the weeks went by, I became more and more worried. Hardly a week goes by without some food scare being reported in the media. I got a few days’ grace to finish my essay. (=used to say that something happens almost every day, week etc) Hardly a month goes by without another factory closing down.
Hardly a month goes by without another factory closing down. Did you see the game on TV last night? The law was passed last August. A good coat will last you ten years. Cut flowers will last longer if you put flower food in the water. He became Senator two years later. The baby died later that night. The dentist could fit you in later in the week. He knows he’s only got a few months to live. A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days). Everything should be sorted out by the middle of next year. We’re hoping to open the factory sometime next year. (=on or during the following day, week etc) She called me and we arranged to meet the next day.
She called me and we arranged to meet the next day. ‘When did you email her?’ ‘Only yesterday.’· The cleaners are paid £5 an hour.
· I was working on a building site, being paid by the hour.
income tax paid in preceding years· The doctor said that she was eight weeks pregnant.
· He’s had a rough week at work.
She’s been out four nights in a row. On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid. You have two hours to complete the test, starting now. Isabel stayed for a year in Paris to study.· A three-day strike is planned for next week.
He counted the night’s takings. also today week/a week today British English We’re going on holiday today week.
We’re going on holiday today week. also a week tomorrow/tomorrow week British English Terry’s new job starts a week tomorrow.
Terry’s new job starts a week tomorrow. (=two times in the same day, week etc) Letters were delivered twice a week only.
Letters were delivered twice a week only. There was an hour wait before the next train departed.· In the middle of the lawn last week there was a solitary sunbather, as naked as the day she was born.· Its announcement last week extended until Jan. 22 its original, 45-day review period.· An illusion, too, died at Gonesse last week.· The group had been under severe pressure last week, extending the decline that shook those shares through the end of 1995.· Mr Chaudhry was sacked by the president last week.· C., his first stop outside of Washington last week.· When Yeltsin checked into a hospital last week, aides first said he had the flu.· McDonald last week overcame all financial misgivings and agreed to play baseball for the Baltimore Orioles organization.
VERB· The result, announced a week later, showed that De by had won with 67 % of the vote.· Awardees, announced this week, included writers, scientists, artists and grass-roots leaders.· Celera announced this week that it had finished sequencing the genome of that laboratory workhorse, the mouse.· Details are expected to be announced next week.· It announced this week that it was adding a top rate of 12.5 p.c. to its new Premier Fix account.· Share allocation details will be announced next week.· Gamble, announced last week that it would follow a direct response model for Web advertising.· Laura Bush announced earlier this week that she would devote her time as first lady to recruiting new teachers.
· I met Bob the first week I was at university.· It meets every week to discuss community problems and arrange the distribution of tasks.· An average class met three times a week for twenty weeks.· I wondered whether to call and say I understood, I forgave her; we'd meet next week some time.· We will be meeting once a week.· Micheline sounded excited to hear from me and I was invited to the group's meeting a few weeks later.· Level One meets four days a week.
· Hundreds more were injured when police attacked the demonstration and Clarence Baker spent weeks close to death.· I spent the next week and a half in a cold sweat.· I spent a week there in March 1990 - taking my car and two friends.· Stacy, who returned to campus yesterday after spending much of last week in Tennessee, praised the choice of Gonzalez.· After her return, she had spent the first week weeping, conscious of her father's tight-lipped disappointment and indignant fury.· When we got back from Berlin we spent a week out in the country at Beate's parents' weekend cottage.· Because he had spent three weeks trying to gain that animal's trust and he had done it.· We spend 6 weeks working with local churches doing outreach, and then have one final week of school.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► Monday week/Tuesday week etcPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► give somebody time/a few weeks/all day etc► I give it six weeks/a month etc► take home £120 per week/$600 a month etc► never let a day/week/year etc go by without doing something► a day’s march/two weeks’ march etc► three weeks/two years etc now► once a week/once every three months etc► two weeks/a month etc short of something► days turned into weeks/months turned into years etc► a year/a week/a moment/an hour etc or two► ten minutes’ worth/a week’s worth etc of something
- Suppose we say December the second, that's a week on Monday.
- We keep practicing the same dance steps week in, week out.
- And this guy turns up, in Room 302, week after week after week.
- But even though week after week the jokes were the same, we always laughed.
- I understood how week after week he was all Clarisa needed.
- Nicholas Church were occupied, week after week, by faithful Communists.
- Not week after week, anyway.
- The list will not be long because you tend to purchase the same food products week after week. 9.
- And he also had long discussions with the actors when they rehearsed the dialogue during the week before shooting began.
- Barbara Walters found time the week before her swirl of Inaugural engagements as the date of Sen.
- Even the day before the King died!
- If she laid at dawn, like most birds, she would have to have prepared the day before.
- That is equivalent to the day before Thanksgiving, Black Wednesday, in industry parlance.
- The final winner will be announced the week before Super Bowl.
- The move came the day before high school players are allowed to sign letters-of-intent with college programs.
- The observers of gonorrhoea in the days before effective treatment was available vividly described the symptoms of acute gonococcal urethritis.
- Alice knew then that my father would haunt her for years to come.
- Even a couple of weeks down under will have you waltzing with Matilda for years to come.
- He spoke about that afternoon for days to come.
- It's the players who will suffer because of this, not just this week but for years to come.
- Mr Clark says his department will be collecting poll tax arrears for years to come.
- Prices then gave way to concern driving activity will be reduced for days to come.
- The responsibility was going to haunt him for years to come.
- We will be struggling with these issues for years to come.
- Big dumps frequently bury lift-control shacks and loading ramps for days on end.
- Chained in an upright stance for weeks on end, iron collars about their necks, with no hope of reprieve.
- He would go off into the mountains for days on end.
- How you hate being shipped off to Long Island for weeks on end during the summer.
- Lately she stays in her house for days on end, goes out only to get food.
- Sometimes he would not leave his room for days on end.
- They'd be talking for days on end.
- Untouched, and for days on end, ignored, he was not a child and not a man.
- An interim dividend of 6p per ordinary share was paid on 1 April 1993 in respect of the year ending 31 December 1993.
- Copies of the most recent report for the year ending 31 March are in the Library.
- During the week ending last Tuesday 109 people in every 100,000 of the population had flu, and 154 had flu-like illnesses.
- Figures released today reported that in the year ending March 31 profits before tax were £10.3m compared with £7.7m in 1992.
- Group pre-tax profits for the year ending February 28 fell 12.5% to £1.2m.
- The bad-debt provisions are expected to knock £25m off profits for the year ending February.
- The company is aiming to break even at the pretax level in the year ending March 31.
- The company said it expects revenue of about $ 34. 5 million for the year ending June 30, 1996.
- I didn't know myself where the house was until the week before last.
- In the week before last, claims rose by 22, 000.
- The Sunday newspaper articles had come out the week before last, and were still bringing in letters.
- Already we read that within a matter of weeks the number of the believers was 120.
- At least 30 rounds went off in a matter of seconds.
- But these days, the time between orders and shipments has shrunk to a matter of weeks.
- Hay says that Sarin would normally degrade in an open environment in a matter of hours.
- It seemed to the rector that it all happened within a matter of seconds.
- Many other soy sauces are chemically produced in a matter of hours.
- More to the point, he prevailed on Amelia to write the text in a matter of weeks.
- The new cabinet and other ministerial appointments are announced within a matter of days, sometimes within a matter of hours.
- From them I learned that the coronation was to be on the day after next, and not in three weeks.
- I think it might be the week after next.
- The case will be heard in London's High Court the week after next.
- We shall meet the day after next.
- We won't be able to cut the grass the week after next, as I'd hoped.
- And besides, pretty women have such off days, don't they?
- If the defense has an off day, the offense usually steps up.
- Obviously the market is having an off day, and this is a marvellous opportunity for you to double your stake.
- On off days he could sound tired, and sometimes excitement carried him away to an excess of length.
- Perhaps Beau was having an off day?
- They must now get a result against free scoring Glenavon next Saturday and rely on Bangor having an off day at Comrades.
- Another feller came the other day to get some, too.
- C., your man Stafford called the other day.
- He won on his seasonal debut at Chepstow last month and wasn't at all disgraced when third at Ascot the other day.
- I caught Cam looking at me the other day.
- I had a letter from Benedicta the other day.
- I just saw one the other day, buying cheese.
- Isn't the sea calmer than the other day?
- Yeah, she did that the other day in the car.
- As a young woman, she was pretty, slender, and graceful and she remained so with the passing years.
- Dent is a throwback to medieval times bypassed by modern progress, an anachronism that has survived the passing years.
- Over the passing years, time had been cruel to nearly everybody else.
- Over the passing years, time had been kind to Caduta Massi.
- The passing years took their toll, of course, and he did go into a decline when Grandmother died.
- Through the passing days, the biting cruelty of it all slowly healed, leaving only the scar tissue.
- A group of mums working on a one day per week rota can look after the arrangements for this.
- Action potentials zip down axons at about 225 miles per hour.
- At room temperature, atoms normally fly around at speeds of hundreds or thousands of miles per hour.
- Make a conscious effort to drink less tea and coffee - about one or two cups per day.
- Pony treks from the East Farm are priced at £8 per hour, 7 days a week.
- Prices vary enormously for group holidays but a typical price would be somewhere in the region of £25 per person per day.
- Singe bikes cost $ 3. 50 per hour, tandems $ 5 per hour.
- These couples averaged 2.44 copulations per week.
- Apparently, too, Rosie enjoyed herself after working hours.
- At the end of the working day most of us retreat to families and/or partners and play other parts.
- Items must be posted at post office counters in advance of latest recommended posting times for next working day delivery.
- Remember, your spouse may not be used to having you home during working hours.
- The whole operation was based on 50 journeys or rounds, one for each vehicle on every working day of the week.
- These, as we now know, involve everything from environmental considerations to limits on the working hours of employees.
- They had only three working days in which to prepare the defence against the new charge.
- They took long lunches and went to barbershops, beauty parlors, bathhouses, and tearooms during working hours.
- But it could be several weeks yet before these children know the fate of their school.
- I know it will not be for some months yet, but time passes quickly.
- Indeed, it may beaver for many months yet.
- It was to last for some months yet.
- It will probably be some months yet before we get the final government reaction to our proposals.
- Sometimes they took little dancing steps, as their blood responded to rhythms that their descendants would not create for ages yet.
WORD FAMILYnounweekmidweekweeklyadjectiveweeklymidweekadverbweeklymidweek
1a period of seven days and nights, usually measured in Britain from Monday to Sunday and in the US from Sunday to Saturdayonce/twice/three times etc a week Letters were delivered twice a week only. I can’t see you this week.last/next week (=the week before or after this one) See you next week.2any period of seven days and nightsfor a week/two weeks etc I’ve been living here for six weeks.in a week/two weeks etc (=one, two etc weeks from now) If he hasn’t phoned in a week, I’ll phone him. It will cost you an estimated £10 per week to feed one dog. The training program lasts three weeks.3the part of the week when you go to work, usually from Monday to Friday SYN working week: a 35-hour weekduring the week I don’t see her during the week.4Monday week/Tuesday week etc British English a week after the day that is mentioned: We’re off to Spain Sunday week.5 a week on Monday etc British English, a week from Monday etc American English a week after the day that is mentioned: The Reids are coming for dinner a week from Sunday. Keith’s coming home two weeks on Saturday (=two weeks after next Saturday).6 week after week (also week in week out) continuously for many weeks: We do the same things week in week out.GRAMMAR: Patterns with weeklast week/this week etcDon’t use in with these words:• You say last week: · I saw her last week. ✗Don’t say: I saw her in last week.• You say this week: · I’m going to be busy at work this week. ✗Don’t say: I’m going to be busy at work in this week.• You say next week: · Shall we meet for lunch next week? ✗Don’t say: Shall we meet for lunch in next week?• You say that week: · He was sick that week. ✗Don’t say: He was sick in that week.a week• You use a week when saying how many times in a week something happens: · We have four English lessons a week.· ✗Don’t say: We have four English lessons in a week.all week• You use all week when talking about something that happens during every part of a week: · We had good weather all week. ✗Don’t say: We had good weather all the week.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesthis week· He’ll be in the office this week, so you should give him a call.next week· The wedding is next week.last week· Last week, my washing machine broke down.the past week· Five soldiers were killed in the past week alone.the previous week· She thought about what a colleague had said to her the previous week.the following week· She booked another appointment for the following week.a full/whole week (=every day in a week)· I can’t believe we’ve been here a whole week already.phrasesa day of the week· Friday is our busiest day of the week.