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week

UK/wiːk/ US/ˈwɪi̯k/ very common

noun

1.

any period of seven consecutive days

  • “it rained for a week”
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2.
3.

hours or days of work in a calendar week

  • “they worked a 40-hour week”
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Origin

From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, curve”).

Phrases

  • boxing week weeks and parts of weeks
  • bull week weeks and parts of weeks
  • bush week weeks and parts of weeks
  • coasties week weeks and parts of weeks
  • dead week weeks and parts of weeks
  • Ember week weeks and parts of weeks
  • fashion week weeks and parts of weeks
  • finals week weeks and parts of weeks

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