week

Meanings

• Noun

  A period of seven consecutive days.

  - "Each week has seven days."
  - "I have a lot of work every week."

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Pronunciation

1. /wiːk/
   
   
   
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2. /wik/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

hebdomad , sennight

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with week
leak , peak , speak , rake

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Variants

List of all variants of week that leads to same result
week , weeks , week after next , week after week , week in and week out , week in , week out , Holy Week , Holy Weeks , Passion Week , Passion Weeks , a week , a week from today , working week

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Etymology

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The English word 'week' comes from the Old English word 'wocca' meaning 'child of a god'.

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Trivia

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1. There are 52 weeks in a year, except for leap years, which have 53.

2. The shortest week in recorded history was only three days long, in 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar.

3. The longest week on record was in 1945, when the Japanese government observed a 'week of mourning' following the death of Emperor Hirohito.

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Related Concepts

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1. calendar week: A seven-day period that begins on a Sunday or a Monday, depending on the specific calendar system.

2. work week: A period of five consecutive weekdays, typically Monday through Friday, during which full-time employees are expected to work.

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Culture

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In many cultures, the week is divided into seven days, each named after a planet or deity. In the Western world, the days are named Sunday through Saturday.

How to Memorize "week"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a clock with seven tick marks, each representing a day in a week.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the days of the week with the planets: Sunday (Sun), Monday (Moon), Tuesday (Mars), Wednesday (Mercury), Thursday (Jupiter), Friday (Venus), and Saturday (Saturn).

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas' to remember the order of the days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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