# week

Pronunciation: say "WEEK" US /wik/, UK /wiːk/

## Noun

1. A period of seven days in a row, especially one beginning on Sunday or Monday as shown on a calendar.
   - Simple: Seven days in a row, often counted from Sunday or Monday.
   - _She booked the cabin for a week beginning on a Wednesday._
   - _The medicine should be taken every day for a full week._
2. A date falling seven days after, or sometimes before, a specified day. *(UK)*
   - Simple: A day seven days after, or sometimes before, a named day.
   - _The hearing was postponed until Wednesday week, giving both sides more time._
   - _They're getting married Saturday week, not this coming Saturday but the one after._
3. A period of five days beginning with Monday, the stretch from Monday to Friday.
   - Simple: A set of five days that starts on Monday and runs to Friday.
   - _Most offices operate on a five-day week, Monday to Friday._
   - _She works long hours during the week but keeps her weekends free._
4. A division of the month into longer stretches of workdays broken up by shorter periods set aside for markets, rest, or religious observance such as a sabbath.
   - Simple: A way of splitting the month into work days followed by short breaks for rest, markets, or worship.
   - _Many traditional calendars split the month into short market weeks of four to eight days._
   - _The Roman week of eight days ran from one market day to the next._

## Other meanings

- (interjection) Used to represent the shrill squeal made by a pig.

## Origin

From Middle English wyke, from Old English wiċe, wucu ("week"), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ ("turn, succession, change, week"), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to bend, wind, turn, yield." It is related to Dutch week, German Woche, and Swedish vecka, and to English weak and wick.

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