Noun: week week
- Any period of seven consecutive days
"it rained for a week";
- hebdomad [rare]
- A period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday)
"The project is due at the end of the calendar week";
- calendar week
- Hours or days of work in a calendar week
"they worked a 40-hour week";
- workweek [N. Amer], working week [Brit]
Derived forms: weeks
Type of: period, period of time, time period, time span, work time
Part of: calendar month, month
Encyclopedia: Week, Somerset