weekend

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weekend (plural weekends)

  1. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. Occasionally abbreviated to w/e.
    • 1903, Francis Markham; Sir Clements Robert Markham, Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849-1855, page 34:
      ... often took a few boys down there for what we North Country folk call the weekend — Saturday and Sunday; it was also used as a sanatorium if required.

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Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the "weekend" might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts.

To describe the soonest upcoming weekend:

  • (UK, New Zealand) "at the weekend", "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend"
    • 1886, New Zealand Parliament, “Parliamentary debates”, volume 324, page 2371: 
      Let them work at their ordinary jobs during the week, and then take them out of circulation at the weekend, which is usually the time when the trouble is ...
    • 2009, Great Britain House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee, “Pre-appointment Hearing with the Chairman-elect of Ofcom, Dr. Colette Bowe”, page 16:
      Whether it is on the BBC, ITV or commercial radio does not really matter. ...can give you a radio example of two things I was listening to at the weekend.
  • (US, Canada) "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend" ("at the weekend" is not used)
    • 2002, United States Senate: Committee on Armed Services, Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2002, page 722:
      I am going to Moscow on the weekend to participate in the discussion, ...

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break in the working week

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weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)

  1. To spend the weekend.
    We'll weekend at the beach.

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weekend (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to or for the weekend.
    I'm wearing my weekend shoes
  2. Occurring at the weekend.
    a weekend break

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Of, relating to or for the weekend
Occurring at the weekend

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From English weekend.

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  • IPA: /viːɡɛnd/, [ˈviːˌɡ̊ɛnˀd̥], [ˈviːˌɡ̊ɛnd̥], [ˈwiːˌɡ̊ɛnd̥]

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weekend c. (singular definite weekenden, plural indefinite weekender)

  1. weekend

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    Inflection of weekend
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative weekend weekenden weekender weekenderne
genitive weekends weekendens weekenders weekendernes

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[edit] Dutch

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weekend n. (plural weekenden or weekends, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. weekend

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weekend m. inv.

  1. weekend

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[edit] Polish

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From English weekend

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  • IPA: /ˈwikɛn̪t̪/, rare: /ˈwikɛn̪d̪/

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weekend m.

  1. weekend

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    declension of weekend
singular plural
nominative weekend weekendy
genitive weekendu weekendów
dative weekendowi weekendom
accusative weekend weekendy
instrumental weekendem weekendami
locative weekendzie weekendach
vocative weekendzie weekendy

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