WEEK


Meaning of WEEK in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ last , past

▪ previous

▪ coming , following , next

▪ consecutive , successive

They won 1–0 for the fourth consecutive ~.

▪ entire , full , whole

It's the first time I've done a full week's work since the accident.

▪ work ( esp. AmE ) (usually workweek in AmE ) , working ( esp. BrE )

a reduction in the working ~/workweek

▪ busy , hard , tough

▪ long

It's been a long ~ and I'm very tired.

▪ short

This is a short ~ because of the public holiday.

In just a few short ~s we'll be going home.

▪ quiet

It's been a very quiet ~ for me.

▪ 3-day , 40-hour , etc.

He earns enough money to work a four-day ~.

VERB + WEEK

▪ spend

We spent two ~s in Mexico last summer.

▪ take

▪ enter

The strike has entered its second ~.

WEEK + VERB

▪ elapse , go by , pass

The ~ passed very slowly.

▪ drag

PREPOSITION

▪ by the ~

They're paid by the ~.

▪ during the ~

I go out most weekends, but rarely during the ~.

▪ for a ~

I haven't seen him for ~s.

▪ in a ~

We'll be back in a ~.

▪ in ~s

It hasn't rained in ~s.

▪ over a ~ , under a ~

It's over a ~ since she called me.

▪ per ~

How much do you earn per ~?

▪ within a/the ~

I'll have the report finished within the next couple of ~s.

PHRASES

▪ a day of the ~

Which day of the ~ was it?

▪ twice, two days, etc. a ~

She works three days a ~.

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