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# weekend

noun (a weekend, weekends)

«weekend» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday, the days at the end of the week when most children do not go to school and many adults do not work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#m1)
2. A weekend can be a short holiday or trip over those days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it is time for sport, family, shopping and rest. In maths problems, a weekend has 2 days, so a week has 5 weekdays and 2 weekend days. Phrases: «at the weekend» (UK), «on the weekend» (USA, Australia), «over the weekend», «last weekend», «next weekend», «long weekend» (with a holiday Monday or Friday), «weekend away».

### Examples

- What did you do at the weekend? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#x1)
- On the weekend we went to the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#x2)
- We have football practice every weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#x3)
- It's a long weekend, so there's no school on Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#x4)
- I finished my book over the weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#x5)
- Grandpa visits us every other weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#x6)
- There are 2 weekend days and 5 school days in a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#x7)
- We went camping for the weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/#x8)

### Note

One word. British English says «at the weekend»; American and Australian English say «on the weekend»; both are correct. Weekend days: Saturday, Sunday; weekdays: Monday to Friday. In a maths problem, «every weekend for 4 weeks» means 4 × 2 = 8 days.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «weekend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weekend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«weekend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/weekend.html) on Mova free.