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• last/this/next week
• it rained all week.
• what day of the week is it?
• he comes to see us once a week.

week

1. a period of seven days, either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to Saturday
• last/this/next week
• It rained all week.
• What day of the week is it?
• He comes to see us once a week.
2. any period of seven days
• a two-week vacation
• The course lasts five weeks.
• a week ago today (= seven days ago)
• I will be away for a couple of weeks.
• She'll be back in a week.
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 never have the time to go out in the week.
4. the part of the week when you go to work
• a 35-hour week
• The firm is introducing a shorter working week.
5. recently
• I saw Jack the other day.
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.

Extra Examples

• How much do you earn per week?
• I go out most weekends, but rarely during the week.
• I haven’t seen him for weeks.
• I’ll have the report finished within the next couple of weeks.
• In just a few short weeks we’ll be going home.
• It hasn’t rained in weeks.
• It’s been a long week and I’m very tired.
• It’s been a very quiet week for me.
• It’s over a week since she called me.
• It’s the first time I’ve done a full week’s work since the accident.
• She works three days a week.
• 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.
• This is a short week because of the public holiday.
• We spent two weeks in France last summer.
• We’ll be back in a week.
• Which day of the week was it?
• a reduction in the working week/workweek

Word Origin

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