: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
Prior to this weekend, revenues were 23% above last year, but the surplus has shrunk to 18%, according to Comscore.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 June 2025
Justin George, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
Monos: Monos is offering up to 20 percent off select luggage and travel bags all weekend long with code LABORDAY2022.
—Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2022
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
See All Example Sentences for weekend
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Sammy Rae & The Friends, the pop band led by Derby native Sammy Rae.
6:25 p.m.: Local singer/songwriter Braiden Sunshine, who’s also playing the Rose Arts Festival in Norwich this weekend, on the Telefunken Stage.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
Prior to this weekend, revenues were 23% above last year, but the surplus has shrunk to 18%, according to Comscore.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 June 2025
Verb
The weeknight and weekend $2 flat fare would remain.
—Justin George, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
Monos: Monos is offering up to 20 percent off select luggage and travel bags all weekend long with code LABORDAY2022.
—Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2022
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
See All Example Sentences for weekend
Cite this Entry
“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekend. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share