Word Study
weekend
OXFORD DICTIONARY
weekend, n. & v.
--n.
1 Sunday and Saturday or part of Saturday.
2 this period extended slightly esp. for a holiday or visit etc. (going away for the weekend; a weekend cottage).
--v.intr. spend a weekend (decided to weekend in the country).
--n.
1 Sunday and Saturday or part of Saturday.
2 this period extended slightly esp. for a holiday or visit etc. (going away for the weekend; a weekend cottage).
--v.intr. spend a weekend (decided to weekend in the country).
THESAURUS
weekend
Christmas, Sunday, buy time, consume time, furlough, go on furlough, go on leave, holiday, keep time, kill time, leave, leave of absence, liberty, look for time, make holiday, measure time, occupy time, paid holiday, paid vacation, pass time, put in time, race against time, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, shore leave, spend time, summer, take a holiday, take leave, take time, take up time, time off, use time, vacation, winter, work against timeFor further exploring for "weekend" in Webster Dictionary Online