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
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.
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)
weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)
To spend the weekend.
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
3 May 2024
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
