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0 Saturday and Sunday, or Friday evening until Sunday night; the part of the week in which many people living in the West do not go to work:
- This/Next weekend we're going to see some friends.
- I have a lot of homework to do over the weekend.
- He spent the weekend fishing with his brother.
- UK Do you have anything planned for the weekend?
- How much would a weekend for two in New York cost?
- They own a weekend retreat in the country.
- What did you do at the weekend?
- We go out once in a while after work and at the weekend.
- They go windsurfing at weekends.
1 Saturday and Sunday, when many people do not work:
- Do you have anything planned for the weekend?
2 Saturday and Sunday, or Friday evening until Sunday night:
- this/next/last weekend The contract ends next weekend.
- The film produced huge takings on the first weekend.
3 a holiday or a visit taken at a weekend:
- How much would a weekend for two in Amsterdam cost?
- a weekend break/trip
4 on Saturday or Sunday, or on both Saturday and Sunday:
- Sales of the new games console, launched at the weekend, were at record levels.
5 between Friday evening and Sunday night, or on Saturdays and Sundays:
- Residential consumers tend to use the phone in the evenings and at weekends.

We were just chatting about what we did last weekend.
We're going climbing in Scotland next weekend.
I'd like to go but I'm afraid I'm booked up until the weekend.
So you've got the whole house to yourself this weekend?
They usually go windsurfing at weekends.
While children are single they continue to think of their parents' home as home, and to make regular visits back for weekends and holidays.
In any case, the prolonged enjoyment of leisure (weekends, holidays) takes place as much as possible outside the city.
On weekends, long queues waited in the hot sun for the two rides.