(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a period of seven days. Some people consider that a ~ starts on Monday and ends on Sunday.
I had a letter from my mother last ~...
This has been on my mind all ~...
I know a wonderful restaurant where we can have lunch next ~.
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2.
A ~ is a period of about seven days.
Her mother stayed for another two ~s...
Only 12 ~s ago he underwent major heart transplant surgery...
Three million people will visit theatres in the annual six-~ season.
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3.
Your working ~ is the hours that you spend at work during a ~.
It is not unusual for women to work a 40-hour ~.
...workers on a three-day ~.
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4.
The ~ is the part of the ~ that does not include Saturday and Sunday.
...the hard work of looking after the children during the ~...
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5.
You use ~ in expressions such as ‘a ~ on Monday’, ‘a ~ next Tuesday’, and ‘tomorrow ~’ to mean exactly one ~ after the day that you mention.
The deadline to publish the document is a ~ tomorrow...
The 800 metre final is on Monday ~.
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6.
You use ~ in expressions such as ‘a ~ last Monday’, ‘a ~ ago this Tuesday’, and ‘a ~ ago yesterday’ to mean exactly one ~ before the day that you mention.
‘That’s the time you weren’t well, wasn’t it?’—‘Yes, that’s right, that was a ~ ago yesterday.’
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7.
~s on end: see end