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Week
A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
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Broader term 1
A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…
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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
Narrower term 1
To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
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Derivationally related 4
Alt. of Hebdomadary
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Alt. of Hebdomadary
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Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.
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Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.
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Component part 1
The middle of the week. Also used adjectively.
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Containing whole 1
One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of…
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Synonym 1
A week; a period of seven days.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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