1. week(n = noun.time) hebdomad - any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
has parts: calendar day, civil day, day of the week, weekend
has particulars: week from monday, rag, rag week, holy week, passion week, shibah, shiva, shivah
Derived form adjective weekly1
2. week(n = noun.time) workweek - hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week"
is a kind of work time
is a part of calendar week, week
3. week(n = noun.time) calendar week - a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday;
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
is a part of calendar month, month
has parts: week, workweek, midweek
Derived form adjective weekly1
A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. [1913 Webster]
" 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.
"I fast twice in the week." [1913 Webster]
week, 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
N period, age, era, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum, quinquennium, lifetime, generation, epoch, ghurry, lunation, moon, century, millennium, annus magnus, horary, hourly, annual.
calendar week, day of the week, each week, every week, holy week, passion week, rag week, week after week, week by week, week from monday