week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wēk
ipa: /wiːk/
ipa: /wik/
homophone: weak
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: weeks
form: weeke
Etymology: From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis, Finnish viikko. Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
text: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day, weekday < weekend
text: Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
ref: 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
related: word: wk
word: wks
synonyms: sevennight
sennight
hebdomad
glosses: Any period of seven consecutive days.
glosses: A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
glosses: A period of five days beginning with Monday.
examples: text: A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
glosses: A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
examples: text: I'll see you Thursday week. [a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next]
text: The wedding is tomorrow week. [a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]
qualifier: following a named day
glosses: A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.
Synonyms: word: hebdomad
topics: Christianity
word: sennight
word: sevennight
word: week
Hypernyms: word: period
Hyponyms: word: 0th week
word: boxing week
topics: business
marketing
business
word: bull week
topics: business
word: bush week
word: Ember week
topics: Christianity
word: dead week
word: fashion week
word: five-day week
word: freshers' week
word: frosh week
word: Gangtide
topics: Christianity
word: Golden Week
word: half term
word: hell week
word: holiweek
word: Holy Week
topics: Christianity
word: jobweek
word: leap week
word: March break
word: matchweek
topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: May Week
word: next week
word: noughth week
word: orientation week
word: rag week
word: reading week
word: red week
topics: marketing
business
word: revision week
word: Rogation Week
topics: Christianity
word: schoolies week
word: shark week
word: spirit week
word: swot vac
word: technical week
word: tech week
word: Whitsuntide
word: Whitweek
word: white week
topics: marketing
business
word: working week
word: workweek
word: yesterweek
Meronyms: word: day
word: midweek
word: weekday
word: weekend
Derived terms: sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: boxing week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: bull week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: bush week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: coasties week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: dead week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: Ember week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: fashion week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: finals week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: five-day week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: freshers' week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: frosh week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: Golden Week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: hell week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: Holy Week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: leap week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: leavers week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: midweek
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: mid-week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: noughth week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: 0th week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: orientation week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: prophetic week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: rag week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: reading week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: red week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: revision week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: schoolies week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: school week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: shark week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: spirit week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: technical week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: tech week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: the Three Weeks
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: week-end
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: weekend
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: white week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: working week
sense: weeks and parts of weeks
word: workweek
word: week to week
word: last week
word: next week
word: this week
word: today week
word: tomorrow week
word: week-long
word: weeklong
word: weekly
word: yesterday week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: any day of the week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: any day of the week and twice on Sunday
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: any day of the week and twice on Sundays
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: as modern as next week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: a week from next Tuesday
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: a week is a long time in politics
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: be born last week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: every day of the week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: every day of the week and twice on Sunday
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: every day of the week and twice on Sundays
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: flavor of the week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: flavour of the week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: for weeks on end
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: I'm here all week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: knock someone into the middle of next week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: modern as next week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: monster of the week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: second Tuesday of the week
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: two week millionaire
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: two-week wait
sense: idioms and proverbs
word: villain of the week
sense: other
word: Festival of Weeks
sense: other
word: light week
sense: other
word: run of week
Related terms: calendar
Sabbath