[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/week.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / week [← W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/W/) # week «week» in Mova's school dictionary: **seven days, from Monday to Sunday or Sunday to Saturday** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (week, weeks; casual: wk, wks) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A week is seven days, from Monday to Sunday or Sunday to Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#m1) 2) The week can mean the school or work days, Monday to Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#m2) 3) (casual) «A week Tuesday» (UK) means a week after next Tuesday; «weekend» is Saturday and Sunday; «midweek» is around Wednesday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#m3) 4) (casual) «Weeks» can mean a long time, not counted: «I haven't seen him for weeks». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#m4) 5) (formal) Exams and notices say «weekly», «per week», «per week, inclusive of weekends», «a period of seven days», «fortnightly» (every two weeks) and «per annum» (per year). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#m5) ### sense in the lessons seven days: «N a day for a week» is N × 7; school timetables repeat every week; phrases: «a week», «per week», «every week», «next week», «last week», «this week», «weekend», «week by week», «a week off», «a fortnight» (two weeks, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ); in casual talk «see ya next wk», «for weeks», «what a week»; in rough talk «what a crap week»; in the exam voice «per week», «over a period of seven days», «remunerated weekly» ### examples - How many pages does Anna read in a week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x1) - Ben swims 3 times a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x2) - Two weeks have how many days? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x3) - A week is 7 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x4) - We go to the library every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x5) - Half-term is a week long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x6) - My tooth came out last week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x7) - see ya next wk, bring the 10 bucks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x8) - What a crap week, I lost my bus pass twice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x9) - Dad's off for a fortnight, that's 14 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x10) - A pupil is remunerated 5 dollars weekly. Compute the amount received over a period of four weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x11) - I haven't seen my cousin for weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/#x12) ### note A week is 7 days. Two weeks are 14 days, called a fortnight in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ. A year has 52 weeks. Trap: «N a day for a week» is N × 7. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. «weekly» means once every week. «for weeks» in talk means a long time, not a number. Trap: «week» and «weak» (not strong) sound the same. ### In the corpora - [Shops, hospitals, buses and factories need people at all hours, so their workers follow a rota that can change every week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/1/) - [Knowing this helps you understand why a family's week is planned round a piece of paper on the fridge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/4/) - [Many parents wait about three months before telling people, because the early weeks are the most uncertain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/2/) - [Parents often make a shortlist of names, and the name must be registered officially within a few weeks of the birth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/17/) - [Paternity leave is time off work for a new father; in Britain it is usually two weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/14/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «week» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/week/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.