weeklong

adjective

week·​long ˈwēk-ˈlȯŋ How to pronounce weeklong (audio)
: lasting a week

Examples of weeklong in a Sentence

We attended a weeklong training conference in Atlanta.
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Leo is spending the final two days of his weeklong trip to Spain in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago closer to Africa than the Iberian Peninsula and a key point of entry for migrants who make the perilous Atlantic crossing from West Africa. Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 The nearly weeklong Christmas cruise would carry us along the Rhine River, stopping in storybook market towns such as Mainz, Bonn, and Koblenz. Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026 The event, the highlight of a weeklong trip to Spain for Leo, comes 144 years after construction on the unfinished modernist basilica began and 100 years since the death of its famous architect, Antoni Gaudí. Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 10 June 2026 Organic Tuscany offers weeklong hands-on Italian cooking classes at a beautiful 19th-century villa in central Tuscany, with an emphasis on local, organic ingredients. Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for weeklong

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weeklong was in 1847

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“Weeklong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weeklong. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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