plural weekends
1
: Saturday and Sunday
What are you doing this weekend?
The office is closed on weekends.
I'm going away for the weekend.
(US) We're going to the city on the weekend. = (Brit) We're going to the city at the weekend.
2
: a trip or vacation that is taken on Saturday and Sunday
She won a weekend in Cancun.
weekends; weekended; weekending
always followed by an adverb or preposition
: to spend the weekend at a specified place
Her family weekends on the coast during the summer.
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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/weekend. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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