week

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Other forms: weeks

Seven days make up one week, and there are 52 weeks in a year. If you won't see your friend again until next Thursday, you can say, "See you next week!"

Before the adoption of the Roman calendar, a week was more of a vague kind of change or succession, like the turning of a full moon to a half moon, for example. The modern week is strictly calendar-related, and seven days long, unless you're talking about a "work week" or a "school week," as in "I have Friday off, so my school week ends tomorrow!"

Definitions of week

1. noun

   any period of seven consecutive days
   “it rained for a week”

   synonyms: hebdomad

   types:

   week from Monday

   a time period of a week or more

   rag, rag week

   a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

   Holy Week, Passion Week

   the week before Easter

   shibah, shiva, shivah

   (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

   type of:

   period, period of time, time period

   an amount of time
2. noun

   hours or days of work in a calendar week
   “they worked a 40-hour week”

   synonyms: workweek

   type of:

   work time

   a time period when you are required to work
3. noun

   a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday
   synonyms: calendar week

   type of:

   period, period of time, time period

   an amount of time