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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The town of Florence now boasts an outdoor space called Exploding Whale Memorial Park; last year, after a weeklong celebration leading up to Exploding Whale Day, people gathered there in costume. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025 Team Peterson, skipped by Peterson’s sister, Tabitha, will be one of eight international crews competing in the weeklong event with Australia, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Norway and Turkey. John Shipley, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025 Seth Meyers is taking a weeklong break. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Dec. 2025 Best Amazon Cyber Monday Luggage Deals Cyber Monday is a hotspot for luggage deals, including markdowns on gear for weekend getaways to weeklong trips. Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025 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 13 Dec. 2025.

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