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Other forms: weeks

Seven days make up one week, and there are 52 weeks in a year. If you won't see your friend again until next Thursday, you can say, "See you next week!"

Before the adoption of the Roman calendar, a week was more of a vague kind of change or succession, like the turning of a full moon to a half moon, for example. The modern week is strictly calendar-related, and seven days long, unless you're talking about a "work week" or a "school week," as in "I have Friday off, so my school week ends tomorrow!"

Definitions of week
  1. noun
    any period of seven consecutive days
    “it rained for a week”
    synonyms: hebdomad
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    week from Monday
    a time period of a week or more
    rag, rag week
    a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
    Holy Week, Passion Week
    the week before Easter
    shibah, shiva, shivah
    (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
    type of:
    period, period of time, time period
    an amount of time
  2. noun
    hours or days of work in a calendar week
    “they worked a 40-hour week”
    synonyms: workweek
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    type of:
    work time
    a time period when you are required to work
  3. noun
    a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday
    synonyms: calendar week
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    type of:
    period, period of time, time period
    an amount of time
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