Words / A1

week-END/ˌwiːkˈend/

Saturday plus Sunday: the weekend. British English likes at the weekend; American English often says on the weekend. Have a good weekend is a Friday goodbye. Weekdays are Monday to Friday. One word: weekend, not “week end.”

Meaning

Saturday and Sunday.

Examples

• “We relax at the weekend.”
• “Are you free at the weekend?”
• “We visited Oxford last weekend.”

Good to know

at the weekend (British). last / this / next weekend.

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