weeklong

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adjective

Lasting for (approximately) one week.

Similar
seven-daylong
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Meanings

adjectiveweeklong (not comparable)

alternative week-long

  1. 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 105
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    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

Similar
seven-daylong

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wikǭ
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wikā
  4. Old Englishwice
  5. Middle Englishwyke
  6. Englishweek
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  8. Proto-Germanic*langaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*lang
  10. Old Englishlang
  11. Middle Englishlong
  12. Englishlong
  13. Englishweeklong

From week + -long.

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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
APA

weeklong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeklong

MLA

“weeklong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeklong. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weeklong,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeklong.

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