weekend — English Dictionary

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.

   Related words

   weekday

   Examples

   We visit our friends at the weekend.

   “They can live upon barley-meal without a morsel of meat from week-end to week-end, can these miserable Sawnies,” quoth another.

   […] often took a few boys down there for what we North Country folk call the week-end — Saturday and Sunday; it was also used as a sanatorium if required.

   More examples (2)

   I love a phrase of Dizzy's in one of his later letters to Lady Bradford, whom he reproaches for her addiction to what we now call week-end visits to country houses: “the monotony of organized platitude.”

   Yes. Though based on my thorough sampling of the trend, cold pork pies are tragically absent from girl dinner plates. Perhaps because, as noted by many TikTok users – and over the weekend both Today and the New York Times – many of these girl dinners are “suspiciously low cal”.

Verb

1. To spend the weekend.

   Examples

   We'll weekend at the beach.

Adjective

1. Of, relating to or for the weekend.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   I'm wearing my weekend shoes.

2. Occurring at the weekend.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   a weekend break

Noun

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

   Broader terms

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Verb

1. spend the weekend

   Broader terms

   spendpass