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MIDWEEK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Midweek mean? 

MIDWEEK (noun)
  The noun MIDWEEK has 2 senses:

1. the fourth day of the week; the third working dayplay

2. the middle of a weekplay

  Familiarity information: MIDWEEK used as a noun is rare.


MIDWEEK (adverb)
  The adverb MIDWEEK has 1 sense:

1. in the middle of the weekplay

  Familiarity information: MIDWEEK used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MIDWEEK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The fourth day of the week; the third working day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Midweek; Wed; Wednesday

Hypernyms ("Midweek" is a kind of...):

weekday (any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday))


Sense 2

Meaning:

The middle of a week

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("midweek" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Holonyms ("midweek" is a part of...):

calendar week; week (a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday)

Derivation:

midweekly (occurring during the middle of the week)


MIDWEEK (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In the middle of the week


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