I. week ‧ end 1 S1 W2 /ˌwiːkˈend◂ ˈwiːkend $ ˈwiːkend/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
Saturday and Sunday, especially considered as time when you do not work:
Are you doing anything nice this weekend?
last/next weekend (=the weekend before or after this one)
at the weekend British English on the weekend American English :
I never work at the weekend.
What are you doing on the weekend?
at weekends British English on weekends American English :
I only see him at weekends.
Tony has been unwell over the weekend (=during the weekend) .
We’re going to Paris for a long weekend (=Saturday and Sunday, and also Friday or Monday, or both) .
weekend cottage/cabin etc (=a place in the country where you spend your weekends)
⇨ dirty weekend at ↑ dirty 1 (2)
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + weekend
▪ this weekend
Are you going sailing this weekend?
▪ next weekend
I'm going to Palm Springs next weekend.
▪ last weekend
We were in Glasgow last weekend.
▪ the previous weekend
The talks had been scheduled for the previous weekend.
▪ the following weekend
The intention was to complete the work the following weekend.
▪ a long weekend (=Saturday, Sunday, and also Friday or Monday or both)
In August we had a long weekend in the Lake District.
▪ a holiday weekend (=a weekend that has days before or after it which are holidays)
The roads were jammed on the Friday before the holiday weekend.
■ weekend + NOUN
▪ a weekend break British English (=a holiday that lasts a weekend)
She was looking forward to her weekend break in Paris.
▪ a weekend cottage British English (=a house you have in the country, where you spend your weekends)
A friend of mine has a weekend cottage on the South Coast, and we often go down there in summer.
II. weekend 2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
to spend the weekend somewhere:
We’re weekending on the coast.