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Definition of weekend
: 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
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Examples of weekend in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples of weekend from the Web
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Baseball fans are in for a huge weekend with the MLB All-Star Fanfest at the Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive.
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That's right, over the holiday weekend, one Twitter user posted a photo set of a baby that, admittedly, bears a striking resemblance to John Legend.
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Ticket sales were strong: around 5,000 people were expected on each of the festival’s two weekends.
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The RailCats on Monday released former Portage star Tony Cheky after his arrest over the weekend during the team's series in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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But when the center closes at night and on weekends, Ms. Green, 61, a freelance writer who is homeless, is on her own again.
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A DuPage County jail inmate awaiting trial on armed robbery charges allegedly injured a fellow inmate by slashing his throat in a weekend attack, prosecutors said at a bond hearing Monday.
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DJ Irie is a popular guy, as evidenced by the starry turnout at his four-day eponymous weekend, which kicked off Thursday with a gala attended by beautiful couple du jour Chanel Iman and Sterling Shepard.
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Despite the hordes of friends and families descending on the lake, the holiday weekend was exceptionally busy for real estate agents.
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First Known Use of weekend
1638
Other Calendar Terms
weekend
Definition of weekend
intransitive verb
: to spend the weekend weekending in the country
Examples of weekend in a Sentence
Her family weekends on the coast during the summer.
First Known Use of weekend
1901
weekend
Definition of weekend
: active in a specified role only on weekends or part-time a weekend father weekend athletes
First Known Use of weekend
1935
WEEKEND Defined for English Language Learners
weekend
playDefinition of weekend for English Language Learners
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: Saturday and Sunday
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: a trip or vacation that is taken on Saturday and Sunday
weekend
Definition of weekend for English Language Learners
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: to spend the weekend at a specified place
WEEKEND Defined for Kids
weekend
playDefinition of weekend for Students
: the period between the close of one work or school week and the beginning of the next
Learn More about weekend
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See words that rhyme with weekend Spanish Central: Translation of weekend Nglish: Translation of weekend for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of weekend for Arabic speakers
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