Week I Days Wiːk Won Rained Period Sunday

• last/this/next week
• they won by two goals the previous week.
• he was returning to ethiopia the following week.
• it rained all week.

week

1. a period of seven days, either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to Saturday
• last/this/next week
• They won by two goals the previous week.
• He was returning to Ethiopia the following week.
• It rained all week.
• I go dancing every week.
• What day of the week is it?
• She works three days a week.
• He comes to see us once a week.
• How much do you earn per week?
• Water newly planted trees one or two times per week.
• to have a bad/busy week
• The rest of the week passed really quickly.
• The cold weather continued throughout the week.
• It will all be resolved by the end of the week.

Extra Examples

• It's been a long week and I'm very tired.
• It's been a very quiet week for me.
• The strike has entered its second week.
• The week passed very slowly.
• They won 1–0 for the fourth consecutive week.
• They're paid by the week.
• Which day of the week was it?
2. any period of seven days
• The course lasts five weeks.
• a two-week vacation
• We spent a week in France last summer.
• I had to wait a week to get the results.
• The whole process took only six weeks to complete.
• The campaign is entering its last full week.
• a week ago today (= seven days ago)
• He returned several weeks later.
• The exams are now just a few short weeks away.
• She'll be back in a week.
• The restaurant is due to open in a week's time.
• It hasn't rained in weeks.
• He prepared a new plan in a matter of weeks.
• More than 100 people have been killed in the protests in the past week.
• It all depends on what happens in the next few weeks.
• The revelations have dominated the news in recent weeks.
• Terrorists are promising new attacks in the coming weeks.
• In the weeks and months that followed, there was little change in her condition.
• Within a week he was dead.
• We stayed there for a whole week.
• I haven't seen him for weeks.
• I will be away for a couple of weeks.
• Discussions dragged on for weeks and weeks.
• The ads ran for a period of five weeks.

Extra Examples

• the final weeks of her life
• Tickets were sold out weeks in advance.
• It's over a week since she called me.
• I'll have the report finished within the next couple of weeks.
• In just a few short weeks we'll be going home.
• the first two weeks of the season
• All new employees get three weeks of training.
3. the five days other than Saturday and Sunday
• They live in town during the week and go to the country for the weekend.
• I go out most weekends, but rarely during the week.
• I never have the time to go out in the week.
4. the part of the week when you go to work
• SEE ALSO working week
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/working-week
• a 35-hour week

Extra Examples

• This is a short week because of the public holiday.
• It's the first time I've done a full week's work since the accident.
5. recently
• I saw Jack the other day.
• I was in your area the other week.
• I woke up the other morning and just could not get myself out of bed.
• I was watching TV the other evening, when…
6. seven days after the day that you mention
• I'll see you Thursday week.
7. continuously for many weeks
• Week after week the drought continued.
8. as the weeks pass
• Week by week he grew a little stronger.
9. happening every week
• Every Sunday, week in, week out, she goes to her parents for lunch.
10. seven days after the day that you mention
• It's my birthday a week on Tuesday.
11. seven days before the day that you mention
• She started work a week yesterday.

Word Origin

• Old English wice, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch week and German Woche, from a base probably meaning ‘sequence, series’.