Meaning & use
week
A period of seven consecutive days, traditionally running from Sunday or Monday through the following day.
See it in a sentence
We spent a week at the coast before returning to work.
The project deadline is exactly one week from today, so we must hurry.
A note on using this word
Compare a week, meaning seven days from now, with this week, the current calendar week, a common learner confusion.
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