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weekend

[ week-end, -end ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the end of a week, especially the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning:
We spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.
this period as extended by one or more holidays, days off, or the like, that immediately precede or follow:
We're getting a three-day weekend at Christmas.
any two-day period taken or given regularly as a weekly rest period from one's work:
I have to work at the hospital on Saturdays and Sundays, so I take my weekends on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

weekend

1. the end of the week, esp the period from Friday night until the end of Sunday
2. ( as modifier )
  a weekend party

Origin of weekend¹

First recorded in 1875–80; week + end ¹

And when BET Weekend came to Atlanta two months ago, Brinsley thought he could become a major party promoter.

Williams was released on his own recognizance over the weekend and is expected back before a judge on Feb. 9, 2015.

In its opening weekend the movie Heaven Is For Real (budget: $12 million) doubled its gross.

On Christmas weekend, a North Korean tyrant has decided what American teenagers will see on the silver screen.

Are future historians going to look back on the past weekend as the one in which Elizabeth Warren took over the Democratic Party?

I have promised to lead a folk dance conference on the weekend.

And I have no recollection of ever thinking he was not going to come that weekend.

Out of curiosity I accepted an invitation for a weekend amid what is called the "hunting set" of Long Island.

You probably go to concerts on the weekend, and you probably check music out of the library too.

I hold in my hands actual literature on offer at the so-called concert in Dolores Park last weekend.

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