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Definition of weekend in English: weekendnoun wiːkˈɛndˈwiːkɛndˈwikˌɛnd Saturday and Sunday, especially regarded as a time for leisure. she spent the weekend camping I went to see the film at the weekend nobody wants to work on the weekend as modifier a weekend break Example sentencesExamples - My friend Jeremy is flying in from Edmonton to host a large weekend bash at his camp.
- Just a couple of hours from the UK, it's ideal for a weekend break or something longer.
- My weekend routine normally involves singing two services at church every Sunday.
- The men were on their way to Amsterdam for a weekend break.
- His car also has turned out to be a helpful transportation tool for leisure activities on weekends and vacations.
- I spent many weekends at his house getting up to all sorts of mischief.
- The figures are not released to the public but were leaked to a Sunday newspaper at the weekend.
- They do not have to spend most of the weekday evenings and a day at the weekend marking homework.
- The Library is open on Church Holidays and closes Saturdays of Bank Holiday weekends.
- The weekend before school broke up, Emily threw a farewell party for Liz and Steven.
- I spent many weekends there in my early twenties, vising a boyfriend and a friend from school.
- The page is laid out to give weekdays twice as much space as the weekend days.
- The first race of the weekend will be on Saturday although a time has yet to be finalized.
- The service starts again on Saturday at weekends only until the school summer holidays, when it will increase to a daily basis.
- We will be having exams on Saturday and Sunday as well, so I hope your weekends are better than mine.
- I might apply to stay open later at weekends and all day Sunday in the summer but certainly not 24 hours a day.
- Malmesbury Town Council has voted to bring back a weekend market on a trial basis.
- Finn springs a surprise wedding on Allie while away on a weekend's break in Naples.
verb wiːkˈɛndˈwiːkɛndˈwikˌɛnd informal no object, with adverbial Spend a weekend somewhere. he was weekending in the country Example sentencesExamples - If you're weekending by car, it won't take up much room in the trunk.
- Few of us who have holidayed in Provence or weekended in Paris could dispute the fact that the French tend to aim for quality over quantity.
- When she fails to show, he tracks her all the way to a ski lodge where she's, of course, weekending with a concerned medic.
- Dinner is taken in the homely dining-room, which on our visit had a reassuring mix of regulars and weekending urbanites.
- Having lived alone for years - working in London and weekending at her house in the West Country - she has, she admits, become quite selfish.
- My uncle had a change of heart about weekending with the chairman of the board.
- I might find some time to post during the weekend, but mostly I'll be weekending.
- Vast numbers of Britons have holidayed and weekended there in recent years.
Phrases something for the weekend humorous Used to refer to a condom or condoms. something for the weekend, sir? Example sentencesExamples - He's taken to asking me if I have anything planned for the weekend and I can't work out if this is a genuine enquiry or is a variant of ' something for the weekend, sir? '
- But what the heck, it was meant to add to your pulling power: if you were in luck the same barber might also offer you "something for the weekend".
- Correct dispensing technique of "something for the weekend" in order to cause maximum embarrassment to the customer.
- Whatever happened to a nice sensible short back 'n sides, (heavy on the brylcreem, something for the weekend, cough cough)?
- It's like the days when men asked their barber for something for the weekend - no angler wants to be seen buying it.
- Gone are the days when the gents' barber quietly asked if you wanted something for the weekend.
- While you might not be offered something for the weekend these days, there are a few reminders of the past, including old-style barber chairs.
Rhymes amend, append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, blende, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defriend, depend, emend, end, expend, extend, fend, forfend, friend, impend, interdepend, lend, mend, misapprehend, misspend, offend, on-trend, Oostende, Ostend, perpend, portend, rend, reprehend, scrag-end, send, spend, subtend, suspend, tail end, tend, transcend, trend, underspend, unfriend, upend, vend, wend Definition of weekend in US English: weekendnounˈwēkˌendˈwikˌɛnd The period from Friday evening through Sunday evening, especially regarded as a time for leisure. she spent the weekend camping I went to see the film at the weekend nobody wants to work on the weekend as modifier a weekend break Example sentencesExamples - They do not have to spend most of the weekday evenings and a day at the weekend marking homework.
- We will be having exams on Saturday and Sunday as well, so I hope your weekends are better than mine.
- I spent many weekends at his house getting up to all sorts of mischief.
- My friend Jeremy is flying in from Edmonton to host a large weekend bash at his camp.
- His car also has turned out to be a helpful transportation tool for leisure activities on weekends and vacations.
- The men were on their way to Amsterdam for a weekend break.
- Just a couple of hours from the UK, it's ideal for a weekend break or something longer.
- My weekend routine normally involves singing two services at church every Sunday.
- Malmesbury Town Council has voted to bring back a weekend market on a trial basis.
- I might apply to stay open later at weekends and all day Sunday in the summer but certainly not 24 hours a day.
- The page is laid out to give weekdays twice as much space as the weekend days.
- The figures are not released to the public but were leaked to a Sunday newspaper at the weekend.
- The Library is open on Church Holidays and closes Saturdays of Bank Holiday weekends.
- I spent many weekends there in my early twenties, vising a boyfriend and a friend from school.
- The first race of the weekend will be on Saturday although a time has yet to be finalized.
- The service starts again on Saturday at weekends only until the school summer holidays, when it will increase to a daily basis.
- The weekend before school broke up, Emily threw a farewell party for Liz and Steven.
- Finn springs a surprise wedding on Allie while away on a weekend's break in Naples.
verbˈwēkˌendˈwikˌɛnd informal no object, with adverbial Spend a weekend somewhere. he was weekending in the country Example sentencesExamples - I might find some time to post during the weekend, but mostly I'll be weekending.
- My uncle had a change of heart about weekending with the chairman of the board.
- Few of us who have holidayed in Provence or weekended in Paris could dispute the fact that the French tend to aim for quality over quantity.
- Dinner is taken in the homely dining-room, which on our visit had a reassuring mix of regulars and weekending urbanites.
- Having lived alone for years - working in London and weekending at her house in the West Country - she has, she admits, become quite selfish.
- Vast numbers of Britons have holidayed and weekended there in recent years.
- If you're weekending by car, it won't take up much room in the trunk.
- When she fails to show, he tracks her all the way to a ski lodge where she's, of course, weekending with a concerned medic.
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