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Weekend Office Closed I Spent Noun Bre ˌwiːkˈend

Word weekend
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˌwiːkˈend / NAmE / ˈwiːkend /
Example
  • are you doing anything over the weekend?
  • have a good weekend!
  • it happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 april.
  • the office is closed at the weekend.
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weekend

(noun)BrE / ˌwiːkˈend / NAmE / ˈwiːkend /
  1. Saturday and Sunday
    • see also dirty weekend
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dirty-weekend
    • Are you doing anything over the weekend?
    • Have a good weekend!
    • It happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 April.
    • The office is closed at the weekend.
    • The office is closed on the weekend.
    • I like to go out on a weekend.
    • We go skiing most weekends in winter.
  2. Saturday and Sunday, or a slightly longer period, as a holiday/vacation
    • He won a weekend for two in Rome.
    • a weekend break

    Extra Examples

    • He called me on the weekend.
    • I spent the last rainy weekend cleaning the kitchen.
    • I took Friday off, and spent a long weekend visiting friends.
    • It will be a wet weekend for much of England and Wales.
    • The children play there on a weekend.
    • The office is closed over the weekend.
    • We spent the weekend in Paris.
    • What are you doing at the weekend?
    • What do you usually do at weekends?
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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