Meaning & use

weeklong

adjective·Everyday

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Lasting for or continuing throughout a week.

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The museum hosted a weeklong festival of art and music.

Employees were given a weeklong break over the holidays.

A note on using this word

Weeklong follows the same compound pattern as 'daylong' and 'yearlong,' combining a time unit with 'long' to describe duration.

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