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week meaning

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WWeek
  • A week is a time unit equal to seven days.
  • The days of the week were named after the classical planets (derived from the astrological system of
  • ISO 8601 includes the ISO week date system,
  • The term "week" is sometimes expanded to refer to other time units comprising a few days,
week
  • NounPLweeks
    1. Any period of seven consecutive days.
      1. Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
    2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
      1. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
        1. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.
          1. I'll see you Thursday week. ‎
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding.
          • On a rainy Saturday, after a busy week at work, he closed the curtains and decided to sleep in.
          • Morel mushrooms are only in season for a few weeks in spring.
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • That woman is something else... She's gotten drunk with her boyfriend and kicked his ass in Madden every day for a week.
          • Danny has been having the sniffles and the sneezes all week.
          • The four of us should have a teleconference next week.

      Meaning of week for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "week" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Countable nouns
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