week

Meaning

1. Any period of seven consecutive days.
2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
4. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
5. A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.

Synonyms

hebdomad

workweek

sennight

Sunday

weekly

calendar week

revolution

revolve

Sabbath

septet

state

vine

worship

religious service

weekly wage

w.

enfeeble

week from Monday

grass

lawn

powerless

province

return

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wik/

Etymology

From Middle English weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis, Finnish viikko. Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.

Sentences

Are you sure that Joe case is going on next week ?

I really liked the film we saw last week .

I would give a good review of the new TV I bought a week ago .

I have three essays due in the next week .

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

The tape is removed after one week and cut into day-length sections .