weeknight

noun

week·​night ˈwēk-ˌnīt How to pronounce weeknight (audio)
: a weekday night

Examples of weeknight in a Sentence

The news is on every weeknight at 10 p.m. Her parents don't want her to be out that late on a weeknight.
Recent Examples on the Web On weeknights, Discovery will air three hours of new shark shows from 8 to 11 p.m. ET/PT, then air encores of that night’s shows. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 July 2024 People between 15 and 17 must follow the same curfew on weeknights but can stay out until 1 a.m. on the weekends. Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2024 The majority of the 36 women who make the team also maintain full-time jobs — there’s an orthodontist, a nurse, a medical sales representative — and then head to practice each weeknight from around 5 p.m. to midnight. Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024 The indoor/outdoor cocktail bar and beer garden with a central stage and an Italian food truck was just starting to buzz with happy-hour revelers on a balmy weeknight this spring. Marnie Hunter, CNN, 23 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for weeknight 

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Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weeknight was in 1782

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“Weeknight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weeknight. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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