weekend

noun
/wiːˈkɛnd/

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

Example sentences

“Are the shops crowded during the weekend?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“It's a three-day weekend.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“It's not the weekend.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “weekend” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.