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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEEK, n. [G.]
1. The space of seven days.
I fast twice in the week. Luke 18.
2. In Scripture, a prophetic week, is a week of years, or seven years. Daniel 9.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week" [syn: week, hebdomad]
2: hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week" [syn: workweek, week]
3: a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday [syn: week, calendar week]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English weke, from Old English wicu, wucu; akin to Old High German wehha week and perhaps to Latin vicis change, alternation, Old High German wehsal exchange Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of a series of 7-day cycles used in various calendars; especially a 7-day cycle beginning on Sunday and ending on Saturday b. (1) a week beginning with a specified day or containing a specified holiday <Easter week> <the week of the 18th> (2) a week appointed for public recognition of some cause <Fire Prevention Week> 2. a. any seven consecutive days b. a series of regular working, business, or school days during each 7-day period 3. a time seven days before or after a specified day <last Sunday week>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a period of seven days reckoned usu. from and to midnight on Saturday-Sunday. 2 a period of seven days reckoned from any point (would like to stay for a week). 3 the six days between Sundays. 4 a the five days Monday to Friday. b a normal amount of work done in this period (a 35-hour week). 5 (in pl.) a long time; several weeks (have not seen you for weeks; did it weeks ago). 6 (prec. by a specified day) a week after (that day) (Tuesday week; tomorrow week). Etymology: OE wice f. Gmc, prob. orig. = sequence

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Week Week, n. [OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik?, probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E. weak. Cf. Weak.] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. I fast twice in the week. --Luke xviii. 12. Note: Although it [the week] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. --Encyc. Brit. Feast of Weeks. See Pentecost, 1. Prophetic week, a week of years, or seven years. --Dan. ix. 24. Week day. See under Day.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(weeks) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A week is a period of seven days. Some people consider that a week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. I had a letter from my mother last week... This has been on my mind all week... I know a wonderful restaurant where we can have lunch next week. N-COUNT 2. A week is a period of about seven days. Her mother stayed for another two weeks... Only 12 weeks ago he underwent major heart transplant surgery... Three million people will visit theatres in the annual six-week season. N-COUNT 3. Your working week is the hours that you spend at work during a week. It is not unusual for women to work a 40-hour week. ...workers on a three-day week. N-COUNT: usu supp N 4. The week is the part of the week that does not include Saturday and Sunday. ...the hard work of looking after the children during the week... N-SING: the N 5. You use week in expressions such as 'a week on Monday', 'a week next Tuesday', and 'tomorrow week' to mean exactly one week after the day that you mention. The deadline to publish the document is a week tomorrow... The 800 metre final is on Monday week. N-COUNT 6. You use week in expressions such as 'a week last Monday', 'a week ago this Tuesday', and 'a week ago yesterday' to mean exactly one week before the day that you mention. 'That's the time you weren't well, wasn't it?'—'Yes, that's right, that was a week ago yesterday.' N-COUNT 7. weeks on end: see end

Easton's Bible Dictionary

From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of rest (Gen. 2:2, 3; 7:10; 8:10, 12; 29:28). The references to this division of days becomes afterwards more frequent (Ex. 34:22; Lev. 12:5; Num. 28:26; Deut. 16:16; 2 Chr. 8:13; Jer. 5:24; Dan. 9:24-27; 10:2, 3). It has been found to exist among almost all nations.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

wek (shebhua`, from shebha`, "seven"; sabbaton-ta, "from sabbath to sabbath"): The seven-day division of time common to the Hebrews and Babylonians (Ge 29:27,28; Lu 18:12). See ASTRONOMY; TIME. "Week" is used in the apocalyptic writings of Daniel for an unknown, prophetic period (Da 9:24-27). For the names of the days see ASTROLOGY, 12.

Moby Thesaurus

Heptateuch, abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, fiscal year, fortnight, heptachord, heptad, heptagon, heptahedron, heptameter, heptarchy, heptastich, hour, leap year, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, quarter, quinquennium, regular year, second, semester, septennate, septet, septuor, session, seven, sevener, sidereal year, solar year, sun, term, trimester, twelvemonth, weekday, year