weekend

weekend

US /ˈwiːk.end/ 
UK /ˌwiːkˈend/ 

Saturday and Sunday, especially considered as time when you do not work

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

I never work at the weekend.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

weekend

 noun
Saturday and Sunday:
What are you doing at the weekend?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

weekend

I. weekend1 S1 W2 /ˌwiːkˈend◂ ˈwiːkend $ ˈwiːkend/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
Saturday and Sunday, especially considered as time when you do not work:
Are you doing anything nice this weekend?
last/next weekend (=the weekend before or after this one)
at the weekend British English on the weekend American English:
I never work at the weekend.
What are you doing on the weekend?
at weekends British English on weekends American English:
I only see him at weekends.
Tony has been unwell over the weekend (=during the weekend).
We’re going to Paris for a long weekend (=Saturday and Sunday, and also Friday or Monday, or both).
weekend cottage/cabin etc (=a place in the country where you spend your weekends)
dirty weekend at ↑dirty1(2)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + weekend
this weekend Are you going sailing this weekend?
next weekend I'm going to Palm Springs next weekend.
last weekend We were in Glasgow last weekend.
the previous weekend The talks had been scheduled for the previous weekend.
the following weekend The intention was to complete the work the following weekend.
a long weekend (=Saturday, Sunday, and also Friday or Monday or both) In August we had a long weekend in the Lake District.
a holiday weekend (=a weekend that has days before or after it which are holidays) The roads were jammed on the Friday before the holiday weekend.
■ weekend + NOUN
a weekend break British English (=a holiday that lasts a weekend) She was looking forward to her weekend break in Paris.
a weekend cottage British English (=a house you have in the country, where you spend your weekends) A friend of mine has a weekend cottage on the South Coast, and we often go down there in summer.
II. weekend2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
to spend the weekend somewhere:
We’re weekending on the coast.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

weekend

week·end [weekend weekends weekended weekending] noun, verb   [ˌwiːkˈend]    [ˈwiːkend]

noun
1. Saturday and Sunday
Are you doing anything over the weekend?
Have a good weekend!
It happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 April.
(BrE) The office is closed at the weekend.
(especially NAmE) The office is closed on the weekend.
(BrE, informal) I like to go out on a weekend.
• We go skiing most weekends in winter.

see also  dirty weekend, long weekend

2. Saturday and Sunday, or a slightly longer period, as a holiday/vacation
He won a weekend for two in Rome.
a weekend break  
Culture:
weekends
The weekend lasts from the end of working hours or school hours on Friday until Monday morning. For most people it is a chance to be at home with their family, spend time on a sport or hobby or go out somewhere. Both adults and children look forward to the freedom of the weekend and to having time to please themselves. On Friday people with jobs may say TGIF (Thank God it’s Friday) and may go to a bar together after work. People who work in factories, shops and restaurants and on buses often have to work at weekends and instead get time off during the week. Sometimes people take an extra day off on Friday or Monday to make a long weekend, especially if they want to have a short holiday/vacation. Several holidays, such as Memorial Day in the US and Spring Bank Holiday in Britain, are on a Monday in order to create a long weekend.
At the weekend (AmE On the weekend) people may do jobs around the house, look after their garden, wash the car, play sport or watch television. On Saturday mornings many US television channels show cartoons. The weekend is also the busiest time of the week for shopping. Shops are open on both Saturday and Sunday. For a long time many British people opposed Sunday trading and wanted to ‚keep Sunday special’, but there was pressure from some of the larger stores and DIY shops to be allowed to open, and now many people like shopping on a Sunday.
Friday and Saturday nights are popular, especially among young people, for parties and visits to clubs and pubs. People also go to the theatre or cinema, eat out at a restaurant, or invite friends to their house for dinner or a barbecue.
On Sundays many people have a lie-in (= stay in bed longer than usual). Some people go to church on Sunday morning. In the US many adults enjoy reading the newspaper while eating brunch, a combination of breakfast and lunch that includes dishes from both. Brunch is eaten between about 10 and 12 in the morning and is enjoyed in a relaxed atmosphere. In Britain some people sit around and read the Sunday papers. They may have other members of the family round for Sunday lunch. Many people go out for a walk or visit a theme park, stately home or other attraction, depending on their interests. In summer many families go out for the day to the countryside.
In general people are very busy at the weekend and often finish it more tired than they began it, so for many Monday morning is the least pleasant part of the week. 
Example Bank:
He called me on the weekend.
I spent the last rainy weekend cleaning the kitchen.
I took Friday off, and spent a long weekend visiting friends.
It will be a wet weekend for much of England and Wales.
The children play there on a weekend.
The office is closed over the weekend.
We spent the weekend in Paris.
• What are you doing at the weekend?

• What do you usually do at weekends?

verb intransitive + adv./prep.
to spend the weekend somewhere

• They're weekending in Paris.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

weekend

weekend /ˌwiːkˈend/ /ˈ--/
noun [C]
1 Saturday and Sunday, or Friday evening until Sunday night; the part of the week in which many people living in the West do not go to work:
Have you got anything planned for the weekend?
This/Next weekend we're going to see some friends.

2 a holiday or a visit taken at a weekend:
How much would a weekend for two in Amsterdam cost?
They've got a weekend cottage in Sussex.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

weekend

/wi:kend/
(weekends)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

A weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
She had agreed to have dinner with him in town the following weekend...
He told me to give you a call over the weekend.

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