WEEKEND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("weekend" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Meronyms (parts of "weekend"):

Dominicus; Lord's Day; Sun; Sunday (first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians)

Sabbatum; Sat; Saturday (the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians)

Holonyms ("weekend" is a part of...):

hebdomad; week (any period of seven consecutive days)

Derivation:

weekend (spend the weekend)

II. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they weekend ... he / she / it weekends

Past simple: weekended

Past participle: weekended

-ing form: weekending

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend the weekend

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "weekend" is one way to...):

pass; spend (use up a period of time in a specific way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

weekend (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)

weekender (a small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip)

weekender (someone who vacations on a weekend)

Credits

Context examples:

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