: the end of the week : the period between the close of one work or school week and the start of the next
especially
: Saturday and Sunday
weekended; weekending; weekends
: to spend the weekend
weekending in the country
: active in a specified role only on weekends or part-time
a weekend father
weekend athletes
Examples of weekend in a Sentence
Noun
What are you doing this weekend?
The office is closed on weekends.
I'm going away for the weekend.
She won a weekend in Cancun.
Verb
Her family weekends on the coast during the summer.
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Daniel Flatley, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Bugonia, the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos, had a great opening weekend as awards season hopefuls including It Was Just An Accident and The Mastermind saw solid expansions at the specialty box office.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2025
Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Non-scary attractions include Corn City, a pedal kart track, a petting zoo and weekend pony rides for kids.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
Fyre Festival was supposed to be an elaborate, weekend-long music festival in 2017, but its meltdown went viral on social media, as attendees documented makeshift tents and meager food offerings.
—Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
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Noun
As recently as last Tuesday, Argentina’s peso had slumped to a record low, and its bonds were selling off as traders prepared for the weekend election.
—Daniel Flatley, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Bugonia, the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos, had a great opening weekend as awards season hopefuls including It Was Just An Accident and The Mastermind saw solid expansions at the specialty box office.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Bunker Hill reenactment coincided with the first sunny Saturday to enlighten the Boston area in 15 weeks, which may explain why some 20,000 people turned out to Gloucester’s Stage Fort Park that weekend to witness it.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Non-scary attractions include Corn City, a pedal kart track, a petting zoo and weekend pony rides for kids.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Vittert, an ex-weekend anchor at Fox News, holds down the 7 p.m. hour, followed by Cuomo, followed by Abrams (who still holds the post of chief legal analyst at ABC News as well).
—Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
Fyre Festival was supposed to be an elaborate, weekend-long music festival in 2017, but its meltdown went viral on social media, as attendees documented makeshift tents and meager food offerings.
—Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekend. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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weekend
1 of 2 noun
week·end
ˈwē-ˌkend 
: the end of the week
especially
: the period between the close of one working or school week and the beginning of the next
weekend
2 of 2 verb
: to spend the weekend at a specified place
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