weekly

«weekly» in Mova's school dictionary: happening or done once every week — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (weekly); adverb (weekly); noun (a weekly, weeklies)

meaning for a pupil

1) Weekly means happening or done once every week. tree →

2) Weekly means for one week: weekly pocket money. tree →

3) A weekly is a newspaper or magazine that comes out once a week. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths problems "weekly" tells you the amount for one week, which you multiply by the number of weeks or divide by 7 for one day. In everyday life: weekly shop, weekly spelling test, weekly bin collection. Phrases: weekly test, weekly shop, twice weekly, paid weekly.

examples

• We have a weekly spelling test. tree →
• My weekly pocket money is 5 dollars. tree →
• The bins are collected weekly. tree →
• Gran buys a weekly magazine. tree →
• Mum does the weekly shop on Saturdays. tree →
• If she saves 3 pounds weekly, she saves 12 pounds in 4 weeks. tree →
• The club meets twice weekly. tree →
• The weekly newsletter came home in my bag. tree →

note

Week + ly. Similar: daily, monthly, yearly. Maths: weekly amount × 52 is about the yearly amount; weekly ÷ 7 is the daily amount. Trap: "biweekly" can mean twice a week or every two weeks, so it is unclear.

In the corpora

• Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.
• On the seventh day God rested and blessed the day; this is the root of the weekly day of rest, the Sabbath.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «weekly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.