Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The end of the week; by extension, the period from Friday night to Monday morning. Also used attributively: as, the week-end holidays.
- To employ the week-end as a holiday season.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school; ; also, a house party during a week-end. Contrasted to
work days .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated Alternative spelling of
weekend .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb spend the weekend
- noun 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
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Examples
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When a hostess sent out invitations, she was advised to definitely state the period of the visit, which is where the word “week-end” was formed, though the British disdained this Americanism for “Saturday to Monday.”
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This was all quite similar to what occurred in Britain, with one exception – week-end in the country did not include the casual adultery and bedroom swapping common within the Marlborough House Set – a fact that shocked many an American who moved within European social circles.
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Most hunters have the week-end off and it probably fits in to most Virginians schedule.
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Now that this wealthy American possessed a country house, it was time to fling open the doors for a week-end party.
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Sorry about your luck .... opening week-end in our county in KY .....
The Damn rut 2009
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Sorry about your luck .... opening week-end in our county in KY .....
The Damn rut 2009
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I'm sure week-end huntin 'in Virginia will be a part of the tradition for years to come ... it's a good thing!
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Most hunters have the week-end off and it probably fits in to most Virginians schedule.
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I'm sure week-end huntin 'in Virginia will be a part of the tradition for years to come ... it's a good thing!
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I saw “Hi society” last week-end and I said “Good old times!”.
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