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Any period of seven consecutive days.
- Holonyms: megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettas
- Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour <
- 2
A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
- 3
A period of five days beginning with Monday.
- 4
A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
- A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
- 5
A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.
- I'll see you Thursday week. [a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next]
- The wedding is tomorrow week. [a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]
syn. hebdomad · sennight · sevennight · week