weekend
part of speech
noun (a weekend, weekends)
meaning for a pupil
1) The weekend is Saturday and Sunday, the days at the end of the week when most children do not go to school and many adults do not work. tree →
2) A weekend can be a short holiday or trip over those days. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life it is time for sport, family, shopping and rest. In maths problems, a weekend has 2 days, so a week has 5 weekdays and 2 weekend days. Phrases: «at the weekend» (UK), «on the weekend» (USA, Australia), «over the weekend», «last weekend», «next weekend», «long weekend» (with a holiday Monday or Friday), «weekend away».
examples
- What did you do at the weekend? tree →
- On the weekend we went to the beach. tree →
- We have football practice every weekend. tree →
- It's a long weekend, so there's no school on Monday. tree →
- I finished my book over the weekend. tree →
- Grandpa visits us every other weekend. tree →
- There are 2 weekend days and 5 school days in a week. tree →
- We went camping for the weekend. tree →
note
One word. British English says «at the weekend»; American and Australian English say «on the weekend»; both are correct. Weekend days: Saturday, Sunday; weekdays: Monday to Friday. In a maths problem, «every weekend for 4 weeks» means 4 × 2 = 8 days.
In the corpora
- When a chatbot describes its weekend or its picnic, it is making up a story, because it has no weekends.
- "zhōumò" means the weekend; "zhōumò kuàilè" (happy weekend) is a common Friday goodbye.
- "Weekend dad" means a divorced father who sees his children only at weekends.
- Keeping weekend and holiday bedtimes close to normal makes going back to school easier.
- Mia keeps long games for Friday and Saturday nights and says weekend games are more fun when you have waited for them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «weekend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.