Weekday

//ˈwiːkdeɪ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.

    "The Nottingham to Skegness route and Robin Hood line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop will continue with their current weekday patterns; linked to the latter is EMR's commitment to carry out a feasibility study into operating Robin Hood trains to Ollerton."

  2. 2
    any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) wordnet
  3. 3
    Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:; Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but not Friday.
  4. 4
    Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam)
  5. 5
    Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday. Judaism
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  1. 6
    Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday). archaic

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annumbusiness daybusiness daycenturydaydecade

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"On a recent weekday afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City, the passengers bouncing along on one of the city's green buses breathed in mouthfuls of carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and other chemicals that add to Vietnam's notorious pollution. The toxic smoke did not come from the bus itself, but from the man driving it — one hand supporting the wheel, the other holding a cigarette."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wykeday, from Old English wicdæġ. By surface analysis, compound of week + day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).

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