WEEKEND

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

weekend (spend the weekend)

• WEEKEND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they weekend    ... he / she / it weekends   
Past simple: weekended   
Past participle: weekended   
-ing form: weekending   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend the weekend

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "weekend" is one way to...):

pass; spend (use up a period of time in a specific way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

weekend (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)

weekender (a small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip)

weekender (someone who vacations on a weekend)

 Context examples 

This will be a four-star weekend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Though Curiosity is on the other side of Mars from Opportunity, dust has steadily increased over it, more than doubling over the weekend.

(Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze, NASA)

The SAM team organized a different experiment for this weekend to gather more information on what might be a transient plume.

(Curiosity Detects Unusually High Methane Levels, NASA)

This is actually the second of three supermoons in a row, so if the clouds don’t cooperate for you this weekend, you will have another chance next month to see the last supermoon of 2016 on Dec. 14.

(November Supermoon a Spectacular Sight, NASA)

These two love birds will meet in your house of home and family, the perfect weekend to have a party for friends and family.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your best weekend to go would be November 9-10.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

During this weekend, stay cool, and don’t tempt fate.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mars will be in your work-a-day sector, so your influx of cash may emanate from your regular job or an extra weekend job.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may work on a side project on weekends that could bring in a lot of extra cash, as one example.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Watch if a financial matter arises over the November 23-24 weekend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)