{
    "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’."
}