Definitions for weekend

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weekend week·end

Spelling: [week-end, -end]

IPA: /ˈwikˌɛnd, -ˈɛnd/

Weekend is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in weekend (deeeknw).

Definitions for weekend

noun

1. the end of a week, especially the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning:
2. this period as extended by one or more holidays, days off, or the like, that immediately precede or follow:
3. any two-day period taken or given regularly as a weekly rest period from one's work:

adjective

1. of, for, or on a weekend:

verb (used without object)

1. to pass the weekend, as at a place:

Origin of weekend

First recorded in 1875-80; week + end¹

Examples for weekend

Wednesday evening and through the weekend people kept marching.

During that weekend, he writes, he met a two girls in a diner.

The weekend of November 8, 9, and 10 was a long weekend, was it not?

And when BET weekend came to Atlanta two months ago, Brinsley thought he could become a major party promoter.

That gives the Whaleys what they've been wishin' for, and me a chance to do the weekend act now and then.

Over there, he said, dressing down one of his weekend Warriors.

Williams was released on his own recognizance over the weekend and is expected back before a judge on Feb. 9, 2015.

Tuesday, I suppose, would be best for Clara, after her weekend.

Well, as they said, we had the whole weekend to work out an understanding.

In its opening weekend the movie Heaven Is For Real (budget: $12 million) doubled its gross.