1 Saturday and Sunday:
Are you doing anything over the weekend? * Have a good weekend! * It happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 April. * (BrE) The office is closed at the weekend. * (especially AmE) The office is closed on the weekend. * (BrE, informal) I like to go out on a weekend. * We go skiing most weekends in winter.
seealsoDIRTYWEEKEND, LONGWEEKEND
2 Saturday and Sunday, or a slightly longer period, as a holiday/vacation:
He won a weekend for two in Rome. * a weekend break
verb [V+adv./prep.] to spend the weekend somewhere:
They're weekending in Paris.
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