A week is a period of seven days. Some people consider that a week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday.
I had a letter from my mother last week.
This has been on my mind all week.
I know a wonderful restaurant where we can have lunch next week.
2. countable noun
A week is a period of about seven days.
Her mother stayed for another two weeks.
Only 12 weeks ago he underwent major heart transplant surgery.
Three million people will visit theatres in the annual six-week season.
3. countable noun
Your working week is the hours that you spend at work during a week.
It is not unusual for women to work a 48-hour week.
...workers on a three-day week.
4. singular noun
The week is the part of the week that does not include Saturday and Sunday.
...the hard work of looking after the children during the week.
They arrived at the weekend and gave three concerts in the week.
5. countable noun
You use week in expressions such as 'a week on Monday', 'a week next Tuesday', and 'tomorrow week' to mean exactly one week after the day that you mention.
The deadline to publish the document is a week tomorrow.
The 800 metre final is on Monday week.
6. countable noun
You use week in expressions such as 'a week last Monday', 'a week ago this Tuesday', and 'a week ago yesterday' to mean exactly one week before the day that you mention.
She returned home to Leicestershire a week last Sunday.
7.
See week in week out
8. weeks on end
week in British English
(wiːk)
noun
1.
a period of seven consecutive days, esp one beginning with Sunday
▶ Related adjective: hebdomadal
2.
a period of seven consecutive days beginning from or including a specified day
Easter week
a week from Wednesday
3.
the period of time within a week devoted to work
4.
a week devoted to the celebration of a cause
adverb
5. mainly British
seven days before or after a specified day
I'll visit you Wednesday week
Word origin
Old English wice, wicu, wucu; related to Old Norse vika, Gothic wikō order
week in American English
(wik)
noun
1.
a period of seven days, esp. one beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday
2.
a particular or specified week
Easter week, freshman week
3.
the hours or days of work in a seven-day period
to work a 40-hour week
Idioms:
Sunday week
this day week
week after week
week by week
week in, week out
Word origin
ME weke < OE wicu with lengthened & lowered vowel, akin to Ger woche (OHG wohha) < IE *weig-, to bend (see weak): basic sense “period of change”
Examples of 'week' in a sentence
week
It looked like it had happened weeks ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The ease and the elegance came after weeks and weeks of rehearsals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We worked really hard this week in preparing for this game.
The Sun (2016)
What a difference a couple of working weeks have made.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You will probably have to use it for at least two to three weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This will happen a lot over the next few weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Measures that could be announced next week include a reduction in air passenger duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
All told, there and back will take the best part of a week.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Some owners have more than one share, and people can swap weeks in the properties if they wish.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Things were good until a few weeks ago.
The Sun (2007)
They are also feeling a bit more positive about life after a few weeks of better trading.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was the hardest three weeks of our lives but we somehow got through.
The Sun (2013)
He had been on the agenda all week with people wondering how he was going to behave.
The Sun (2013)
Week one went by and was smooth sailing.
Christianity Today (2000)
But what works one week is not guaranteed to work again.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In two beauty salons visited this week it is nurses who do the injections.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We must have been home with them three weeks when the health visitor came round.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The nation is to decide an extremely small matter next week.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Her bingeing and vomiting may occur only twice a week or twenty times in a day.
Wilkinson, Helena Beyond Chaotic Eating (1993)
New coalition policies published this week did not include plans for managing prisoner numbers.
The Sun (2010)
He was a plumber who gave up three nights a week and weekends to coach us.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some complained that if it was going to happen it should have happened weeks ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It took many weeks of hard work to take things on from here.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
Good courses lasting from one day to one week are available.
Munro, Bill Dr. & Munro, Frances Beat Stress (1992)
He also sported a flicked back haircut like dad, who wore similar specs last week.
The Sun (2012)
Both lasted two weeks, each attempt.
The Sun (2013)
We are now feeding more than 210 people a week.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You're unlikely to be able to drive or work before six weeks.
The Sun (2010)
Our online dollar sales this week are up 150 per cent on the same period the week before.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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General vocabulary
In other languages
week
British English: week /wiːk/ NOUN
A week is a period of seven days, which is often considered to start on Monday and end on Sunday.
I had a letter from my mother last week.
American English: week
Arabic: أُسْبُوع
Brazilian Portuguese: semana
Chinese: 星期
Croatian: tjedan
Czech: týden
Danish: uge
Dutch: week 7 dagen
European Spanish: semana
Finnish: viikko
French: semaine
German: Woche
Greek: εβδομάδα
Italian: settimana
Japanese: 週
Korean: 주
Norwegian: uke
Polish: tydzień
European Portuguese: semana
Romanian: săptămână
Russian: неделя
Latin American Spanish: semana
Swedish: vecka
Thai: หนึ่งสัปดาห์
Turkish: hafta
Ukrainian: тиждень
Vietnamese: tuần thời gian
All related terms of 'week'
hell week
a week during which pledges to a fraternity or sorority are subjected to hazing before initiation
Holy Week
In the Christian religion , Holy Week is the week before Easter, when Christians remember the events leading up to the death of Christ .
rag week
(in British universities) a period, usually a week , in which various events are organized to raise money for charity , including a procession of decorated floats and tableaux
Whit Week
Whitsuntide
work week
A work week is the amount of time during a normal week which you spend doing your job .
week by week
each week
Easter week
the week that begins with Easter Day and ends the following Saturday
Ember week
a week in which Ember days fall
Great Week
the week preceding Easter , the equivalent of Holy Week in the Western Church
Sunday week
a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday , Tuesday , etc.)
Passion Week
the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday
reading week
a week , usually midway through a university term, during which there are no classes or lectures , intended for students to concentrate on reading or research
working week
the number of hours or days in a week actually or officially allocated to work
freshers' week
a week at the beginning of a university year, usually with a programme of events intended to welcome new first-year students
Schoolies Week
(in Australia) a week when large numbers of school leavers gather together for a holiday away from home after the end of their final exams
yesterday week
a week yesterday ; a week ago from yesterday
week after week
every week or for many successive weeks
week in week out
If you say that something happens week in week out , you do not like it because it happens all the time, and never seems to change.
five-day week
a system in which people work for five days in every seven
this day week
a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday , etc.)
weekend
A weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
bob-a-job week
a week during which boy scouts and cubs formerly raised money for their organizations by doing jobs
every other day/week/month
If something happens , for example , every other day or every other month , there is a day or month when it does not happen between each day or month when it happens.
knock a person into the middle of next week
to hit a person with a very heavy blow
Chinese translation of 'week'
week
(wiːk)
n(c)
星期 (xīngqī) (个(個), gè)
⇒ I had a letter from my mother last week.上星期我收到一封我母亲的信。 (Shàng xīngqī wǒ shōudào yī fēng wǒ mǔqīn de xìn.)
(= working week) 工作周(週) (gōngzuòzhōu)
⇒ workers on a three-day week实行3天制工作周的工人 (shíxíng sān tiān zhì gōngzuòzhōu de gōngrén)
(= Monday to Friday)
the week工作日 (gōngzuòrì)
this/next/last week本/下/上周(週) (běn/xià/shàngzhōu)
once/twice a week一周(週)一次/两(兩)次 (yī zhōu yī cì/liǎng cì)
in two weeks' time在两(兩)周(週)后(後) (zài liǎng zhōu hòu)
a week today/on Friday下星期的今天/下星期五 (xià xīngqī de jīntiān/xià xīngqīwǔ)
during the week在工作日期间(間) (zài gōngzuòrì qījiān)
wk
abbr
(= week) 星期 (xīngqī)
All related terms of 'week'
wk
week 星期 xīngqī
the week
工作日 gōngzuòrì
last week
上个(個)星期 shàng gè xīngqī ⇒ I had lunch with him last week. → 我上个星期跟他一起吃的午饭。 Wǒ shàng gè xīngqī gēn tā yīqǐ chī de wǔfàn.
working week
工作周(週) gōngzuòzhōu [ 个(個) gè ]
twice a week
一周(週)两(兩)次 yī zhōu liǎng cì
during the week
在工作日期间(間) zài gōngzuòrì qījiān
early last week
上星期初 shàng xīngqī chū
every day/week
每天/周(週) měi tiān/zhōu
within the week
在本周(週)内(內) zài běn zhōu nèi
a week ago today
上星期的今天 shàng xīngqī de jīntiān
a week on Friday
下个(個)星期五 xià gè xīngqīwǔ
every other week
每隔一周(週) měi gé yī zhōu
one day a week
每周(週)一天 měi zhōu yī tiān
a full week/month
整整一个(個)星期/月 zhěngzhěng yī gè xīngqī/yuè ⇒ For a full week we did not eat. → 整整一个星期，我们没吃东西。 Zhěngzhěng yī gè xīngqī, wǒmen méi chī dōngxi.
a week/month away
还(還)有一个(個)星期/月 háiyǒu yī gè xīngqī/yuè
once/twice a week
一周(週)一次/两(兩)次 yī zhōu yī cì/liǎng cì
she's due next week
( inf : to give birth ) 她下星期临(臨)产(產) tā xià xīngqī línchǎn
the day/week before
前一天/上一个(個)星期 qián yī tiān/shàng yī gè xīngqī
the other day/week
( inf : recently ) 几(幾)天/星期前 jǐtiān/xīngqī qián
the week after next
下下个(個)星期 xiàxià gè xīngqī
this/next/last week
本/下/上周(週) běn/xià/shàngzhōu
a week today/on Friday
下星期的今天/下星期五 xià xīngqī de jīntiān/xià xīngqīwǔ
before the week was out
在这(這)周(週)结(結)束前 zài zhè zhōu jiéshù qián
five hours a day/week
一天/一周(週)5个(個)小时(時) yī tiān/yī zhōu wǔ gè xiǎoshí
a week tomorrow, tomorrow week
下星期的明天 xià xīngqī de míngtiān
a week/fortnight on Tuesday
一周(週)/两(兩)周(週)后(後)的星期二 yī zhōu/liǎng zhōu hòu de xīngqī'èr