weekend
/wiːkˈɛnd
/ /ˈwiːkɛnd/noun
Saturday and Sunday, especially regarded as a time for leisure: she spent the weekend camping British I went to see the film at the weekend US nobody wants to work on the weekend [as modifier]: a weekend break...
- I might apply to stay open later at weekends and all day Sunday in the summer but certainly not 24 hours a day.
- His car also has turned out to be a helpful transportation tool for leisure activities on weekends and vacations.
- The figures are not released to the public but were leaked to a Sunday newspaper at the weekend.
verb [no object, with adverbial] informal
Spend a weekend somewhere: he was weekending in the country...
- My uncle had a change of heart about weekending with the chairman of the board.
- Having lived alone for years - working in London and weekending at her house in the West Country - she has, she admits, become quite selfish.
- 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.
Phrases
something for the weekend