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See also: Midweek
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mid- + week. Compare Saterland Frisian Midwiek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Mittwoch (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iːk
Noun[edit]
midweek (plural midweeks)
- The middle of the week.
- 1987, Graham Marsden, Advanced coarse fishing:
- In midweek, however, the stretch is reasonably quiet and I can conceal myself behind a clump of rushes and cast a big piece of luncheon meat on a link-leger rig right in the deep hole and let the current roll it under the roof.
- 1991, Rugby World and Post:
- Peter Dods was captain in the midweek games but, like Sole, the Gala fullback has also hung up his boots.
- (Christianity, Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, informal) Midweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning service.
- This Wednesday is churchwide midweek; men's is the next one.
Adjective[edit]
midweek (not comparable)
- That happens in the middle of the week.
- 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140:
- I did not really wonder, after sampling the "Settebello's" standards of comfort and service, that even on a midweek day in autumn there was not a seat to spare, despite the cost.
Translations[edit]
That happens in the middle of the week
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Adverb[edit]
midweek (not comparable)
- In the middle of the week.
- 1989, The Independent:
- Leicester could only manage a goalless draw midweek with Sutton Coldfield and will be keen to return to winning form.
Translations[edit]
In the middle of the week
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