Used in a Sentence

week

How to use week in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for week.

Editorial note

Next week, I'm going to start swimming lessons - in my twenties!

Examples11
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of week gathered in one view.

noun

any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"

noun

hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week"

noun

a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for week.

noun

any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"

noun

hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week"

noun

a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday

Example sentences

1

Next week, I'm going to start swimming lessons - in my twenties!

2

More likely Bill knows how much e-mail he receives and roughly how much it grows per week/month.

3

She arrives 8am to prep and leaves 11pm after service, 6 days a week when she was working for someone else.

4

If you made enough money this week to pay a bill that you couldn't pay last week, that's a victory.

5

I didn't have the pager that week, but that didn't matter to the boss[4], who knew I'd been the one to find the issue.

6

A week later the office was ablaze with "so-and-so being groomed as successor" rumours.

7

It looks like as we were performing server upgrades last week a handful of jobs didn't run as normal.

8

"To which the smart businessman replied, "Do you realize how much it would cost to park my Rolls Royce at the airport for a week?

9

Much better to loan a middle class American $8k out of a credit card limit of $20k at 12% with a 3% loss rate then to loan a poor person $100 with $110 due a week later.

10

It was just one of many pages up for AfD that week, alongside the founder of a political party nobody has ever heard of and 3 members of non-professional football clubs.

11

Then he advertised how PC version is superior to the one on iPad.- My 2 yo daughter knows what Minecraft is, tells she'll play Minecraft when she grows up.- While we were shopping for school supplies last week, saw two people asking for Minecraft licensed school bags for their kids.- We live in Turkey.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use week in a sentence?

Next week, I'm going to start swimming lessons - in my twenties!

What does week mean?

any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"

What part of speech is week?

week is commonly used as noun.