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week
What does week mean?
week (noun): any period of seven consecutive days.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use week in a sentence?
- It rained for a week. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce week?
/wik/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does week come from?
From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to week
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “week” mean?
any period of seven consecutive days
Right! That's what “week” means.
the achievement of one's aim or goal
Not quite: that's what success means.
condensed water falling from a cloud
Not quite: that's what rain means.
the residential area near one's home
Not quite: that's what neighborhood means.
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