Meanings
alternative week-long
- not comparableLasting for (approximately) one week.
They felt confident that the weeklong artillery bombardment of the German lines had weakened the enemy and that they would encounter little resistance once the "big push" began.
2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 1051 more example
One of those daughters, Jordyn Wilson Peppin, runs the Purely Woman School of Grace, a weeklong program where “ladies” can learn a godly path to “etiquette, grace and hosting.”
2012 July 21, Mark Oppenheimer, “‘Purity Balls’ Get Attention, but Might Not Be All They Claim”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelasting through a week
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*weyg-
- Proto-Germanic*wikǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*wikā
- Old Englishwice
- Middle Englishwyke
- Englishweek
- Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
- Proto-Germanic*langaz
- Proto-West Germanic*lang
- Old Englishlang
- Middle Englishlong
- Englishlong
- Englishweeklong
Translations
French d'une semaine, d'une durée d'une semaine
- d'une semainelasting for one week
- d'une durée d'une semainelasting for one week
Portuguese de uma semana
- de uma semanalasting for one week
Ukrainian тижне́вий
- тижне́вий (tyžnévyj)lasting for one week
Cite this entry
weeklong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeklong
“weeklong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeklong. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weeklong,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeklong.
Source: weeklong on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.