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weekend
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun weekend has 1 sense
- weekend(n = noun.time) Array - a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday; Array is a kind of period, period of time, time period
has parts: dominicus, lord's day, sun, sunday, sabbatum, sat, saturday
is a part of hebdomad, week
Derived form verb weekend1
Verb weekend has 1 sense
- weekend(v = verb.stative) Array - spend the weekend; Array is one way to pass, spend
Derived forms noun weekend1, noun weekender2, noun weekender1
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
weekend, n. & v.
--n.
1 Sunday and Saturday or part of Saturday.
2 this period extended slightly esp. for a holiday or visit etc. (going away for the weekend; a weekend cottage).
--v.intr. spend a weekend (decided to weekend in the country).
--n.
1 Sunday and Saturday or part of Saturday.
2 this period extended slightly esp. for a holiday or visit etc. (going away for the weekend; a weekend cottage).
--v.intr. spend a weekend (decided to weekend in the country).
THESAURUS
weekend
Christmas, Sunday, buy time, consume time, furlough, go on furlough, go on leave, holiday, keep time, kill time, leave, leave of absence, liberty, look for time, make holiday, measure time, occupy time, paid holiday, paid vacation, pass time, put in time, race against time, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, shore leave, spend time, summer, take a holiday, take leave, take time, take up time, time off, use time, vacation, winter, work against time
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