: the end of the week : the period between the close of one work or school week and the start of the next
especially
: Saturday and Sunday
weekended; weekending; weekends
: to spend the weekend
weekending in the country
: active in a specified role only on weekends or part-time
a weekend father
weekend athletes
Examples of weekend in a Sentence
Noun
What are you doing this weekend?
The office is closed on weekends.
I'm going away for the weekend.
She won a weekend in Cancun.
Verb
Her family weekends on the coast during the summer.
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Peter Green, Quartz, 18 May 2024
Oh, and do yourself another favor and make sure to see Cassie B and her band at Moonshine Beach to kick off your weekend right.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
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Noun
Meme-while, enjoy your weekend! — Peter Green, Weekend Brief writer
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—Peter Green, Quartz, 18 May 2024
Oh, and do yourself another favor and make sure to see Cassie B and her band at Moonshine Beach to kick off your weekend right.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
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“Weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekend. Accessed 22 May. 2024.
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weekend
1 of 2 noun
week·end
ˈwē-ˌkend 
: the end of the week
especially
: the period between the close of one working or school week and the beginning of the next
weekend
2 of 2 verb
: to spend the weekend at a specified place
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