Collocations for "week"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "week" in context.
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week
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- had a [busy, good, great, productive] week
- was a [hard, horrible, tough] week
- was a [long, short, six-day] week
- a [35, 40] -hour (work) week
- the [work, working] week
- [Christmas, Easter, Hanukkah] week
- during [orientation, welcome] week
- the week [before, after] [Christmas]
- this week has been [hell, amazing]
- a week [from, on] [Wednesday]
- a week [crammed, packed, filled] with [activity, events, games]
- [worked, tried, cried, complained, studied] all week
- [worked] the [whole, entire] week
- [worked] all week long
- go [away, on vacation, camping] for a week
- [take, have] a week off work
- [take] a week off
- spend a week away
- the [course, workshop, trip] lasts a week
- open seven days a week
- had a [great, horrible] week at the [beach, shore, resort]
- see you next week
- was a [great] week for [traders, investors, retailers]
- a week away from the [family, children, hustle and bustle]
- a week's [salary, work, savings]
- a week's worth of work (to do)
- a week-long [trip, conflict, course]
- UK: (I'll see you) [Monday, Friday] week
- UK: (will) be [ready, there, arriving] yesterday week
'week' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
air
- cap
- check
- commit
- cope
- earn
- fast
- get
- last
- lay
- move
- open
- phone
- practice
- reveal
- schedule
- snow
- space
- storm
- study
- survive
- telephone
- work
- write
- one
- two
- seven
- her
- after
- before
- arm
- assignment
- bye
- class
- cold
- day
- fill
- final
- finish
- holiday
- hour
- job
- leave
- awareness
- window
- win
- Wednesday
- warning
- war
- visit