What does week mean?
Week means Any period of seven consecutive days..
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/wiːk/ · noun
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 < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day, weekday < weekend
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just a little over a week ago are expecting severe storms again Monday afternoon and evening.
A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
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]
And ho, ho, ho, went Mister Pig, and week, week, week, went she; […]
Use week when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Week means Any period of seven consecutive days..
Common synonyms include hebdomad, sennight, sevennight, week.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Holonyms: megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
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