WEEKEND
Dictionary entry overview: What does weekend mean?
• WEEKEND (noun)
The noun WEEKEND has 1 sense:
1. a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday
Familiarity information: WEEKEND used as a noun is very rare.
• WEEKEND (verb)
The verb WEEKEND has 1 sense:
1. spend the weekend
Familiarity information: WEEKEND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WEEKEND (noun)
Meaning:
A time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("weekend" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Meronyms (parts of "weekend"):
Dominicus; Lord's Day; Sun; Sunday (first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians)
Sabbatum; Sat; Saturday (the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians)
Holonyms ("weekend" is a part of...):
hebdomad; week (any period of seven consecutive days)
• WEEKEND (verb)
Meaning:
Spend the weekend
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "weekend" is one way to...):
pass; spend (pass (time) in a specific way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
