WEEKEND


Meaning of WEEKEND in English

/ ˌwiːkˈend; NAmE ˈwiːkend/ noun , verb

■ noun

1.

Saturday and Sunday :

Are you doing anything over the weekend ?

Have a good weekend!

It happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 April.

( BrE )

The office is closed at the weekend .

( especially NAmE )

The office is closed on the weekend .

( BrE , informal )

I like to go out on a weekend .

We go skiing most weekends in winter.

—see also dirty weekend , long weekend

2.

Saturday and Sunday, or a slightly longer period, as a holiday / vacation :

He won a weekend for two in Rome.

a weekend break

■ verb

[ v + adv. / prep. ] to spend the weekend somewhere :

They're weekending in Paris.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.