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# weekly

«weekly» in Mova's school dictionary: **happening or done once every week** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (weekly); adverb (weekly); noun (a weekly, weeklies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Weekly means happening or done once every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#m1)

2) Weekly means for one week: weekly pocket money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#m2)

3) A weekly is a newspaper or magazine that comes out once a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems "weekly" tells you the amount for one week, which you multiply by the number of weeks or divide by 7 for one day. In everyday life: weekly shop, weekly spelling test, weekly bin collection. Phrases: weekly test, weekly shop, twice weekly, paid weekly.

### examples

- We have a weekly spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#x1)
- My weekly pocket money is 5 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#x2)
- The bins are collected weekly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#x3)
- Gran buys a weekly magazine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#x4)
- Mum does the weekly shop on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#x5)
- If she saves 3 pounds weekly, she saves 12 pounds in 4 weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#x6)
- The club meets twice weekly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#x7)
- The weekly newsletter came home in my bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/#x8)

### note

Week + ly. Similar: daily, monthly, yearly. Maths: weekly amount × 52 is about the yearly amount; weekly ÷ 7 is the daily amount. Trap: "biweekly" can mean twice a week or every two weeks, so it is unclear.

### In the corpora

- [Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/12/)
- [On the seventh day God rested and blessed the day; this is the root of the weekly day of rest, the Sabbath.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/1-creation-god-the-maker/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «weekly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.