WEEKEND

weekend

(noun) a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday

weekend

(verb) spend the weekend

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

weekend (plural weekends)

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

Usage notes

Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the “weekend” might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts.

To describe the soonest upcoming weekend

• (UK, New Zealand) “at the weekend”, “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend”

• (US, Canada) “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend” (“at the weekend” is not used)

Verb

weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)

To spend the weekend.

Adjective

weekend (not comparable)

Of, relating to or for the weekend.

Occurring at the weekend.

Source: Wiktionary

Week"-end", n.

Definition: The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the period observed commonly as a holiday, from Saturday noon or Friday night to Monday; as, to visit one for a week-end; also, a house party during a week-end.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition