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{ "term": "week", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a period of seven days, either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to Saturday", "sensetop": "a/per weekthroughout the week", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**last/this/next week**" }, { "text": "They won by two goals **the previous week**." }, { "text": "He was returning to Ethiopia **the following week**." }, { "text": "It rained **all week**." }, { "text": "I go dancing **every week**." }, { "text": "What **day of the week** is it?" }, { "text": "She works three **days a week**.", "contextForm": "a/per week" }, { "text": "He comes to see us **once a week**." }, { "text": "How much do you earn per week?" }, { "text": "Water newly planted trees one or two times per week." }, { "text": "to have a bad/busy week" }, { "text": "The rest of the week passed really quickly." }, { "text": "The cold weather continued throughout the week.", "contextForm": "throughout the week" }, { "text": "It will all be resolved by **the end of the week**." }, { "text": "It's been a long week and I'm very tired." }, { "text": "It's been a very quiet week for me." }, { "text": "The strike has entered its second week." }, { "text": "The week passed very slowly." }, { "text": "They won 1–0 for the fourth consecutive week." }, { "text": "They're paid by the week." }, { "text": "Which day of the week was it?" } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "previous"], "verb + week": ["spend", "take", "enter"], "week + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"], "preposition": ["by the week", "during the week", "for a week"], "phrases": ["a day of the week", "twice, two days, etc. a week"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "any period of seven days", "sensetop": "in a weekin weekswithin a weekfor a weekfor weeks", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The course **lasts** five **weeks**." }, { "text": "a **two-week** vacation" }, { "text": "We **spent a week** in France last summer." }, { "text": "I had to **wait a week** to get the results." }, { "text": "The whole process took only six weeks to complete." }, { "text": "The campaign is entering its last full week." }, { "text": "**a week ago** today *(= seven days ago)*" }, { "text": "He returned several weeks later." }, { "text": "The exams are now just **a few short weeks** away." }, { "text": "She'll be back in a week.", "contextForm": "in a week" }, { "text": "The restaurant is due to open **in a week's time**." }, { "text": "It hasn't rained in weeks.", "contextForm": "in weeks" }, { "text": "He prepared a new plan **in a matter of weeks**." }, { "text": "More than 100 people have been killed in the protests in **the past week**." }, { "text": "It all depends on what happens in **the next few weeks**." }, { "text": "The revelations have dominated the news **in recent weeks**." }, { "text": "Terrorists are promising new attacks in **the coming weeks**." }, { "text": "In the **weeks and months** that followed, there was little change in her condition." }, { "text": "Within a week he was dead.", "contextForm": "within a week" }, { "text": "We stayed there for a **whole week**.", "contextForm": "for a week" }, { "text": "I haven't seen him for weeks.", "contextForm": "for weeks" }, { "text": "I will be away for **a couple of weeks**." }, { "text": "Discussions dragged on **for weeks and weeks**." }, { "text": "The ads ran for a **period of** five **weeks**." }, { "text": "the final weeks of her life" }, { "text": "Tickets were sold out weeks in advance." }, { "text": "It's over a week since she called me." }, { "text": "I'll have the report finished within the next couple of weeks." }, { "text": "In just a few short weeks we'll be going home." }, { "text": "the first two weeks of the season" }, { "text": "All new employees get three weeks of training." } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "previous"], "verb + week": ["spend", "take", "enter"], "week + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"], "preposition": ["by the week", "during the week", "for a week"], "phrases": ["a day of the week", "twice, two days, etc. a week"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the five days other than Saturday and Sunday", "sensetop": "during the weekin the week", "labels": "(British English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They live in town during the week and go to the country for the weekend.", "contextForm": "during the week" }, { "text": "I go out most weekends, but rarely during the week." }, { "text": "I never have the time to go out in the week.", "contextForm": "in the week" } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "previous"], "verb + week": ["spend", "take", "enter"], "week + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"], "preposition": ["by the week", "during the week", "for a week"], "phrases": ["a day of the week", "twice, two days, etc. a week"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the part of the week when you go to work", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a 35-hour week" }, { "text": "This is a short week because of the public holiday." }, { "text": "It's the first time I've done a full week's work since the accident." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "previous"], "verb + week": ["spend", "take", "enter"], "week + verb": ["elapse", "go by", "pass"], "preposition": ["by the week", "during the week", "for a week"], "phrases": ["a day of the week", "twice, two days, etc. a week"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "recently", "examples": [ { "text": "I saw Jack the other day." }, { "text": "I was in your area the other week." }, { "text": "I woke up the other morning and just could not get myself out of bed." }, { "text": "I was watching TV the other evening, when…" } ], "topics": ["Time"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "seven days after the day that you mention", "examples": [ { "text": "I'll see you Thursday week." } ], "topics": ["Time"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "continuously for many weeks", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Week after week the drought continued." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "as the weeks pass", "examples": [ { "text": "Week by week he grew a little stronger." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "happening every week", "examples": [ { "text": "Every Sunday, week in, week out, she goes to her parents for lunch." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "seven days after the day that you mention", "examples": [ { "text": "It's my birthday a week on Tuesday." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "seven days before the day that you mention", "labels": "(especially British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "She started work a week yesterday." } ], "topics": ["Time"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/wiːk/", "audio": "we/week/week__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/wiːk/", "audio": "we/week/week__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English wice, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch week and German Woche, from a base probably meaning ‘sequence, series’." }