weekday
/ˈwiːkdeɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈwiːkdeɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwēk-ˌdā/ (ame, mw)
weekday — noun
- weekdaysingular
- weekdaysplural
1. one of the five working days of the week, from Monday to Friday, when most peopl
one of the five working days of the week, from Monday to Friday, when most people go to work or school
The library is open every weekday from eight in the morning until six.
collocation: every weekday
Quinn walks to school on weekdays because the bus is too crowded.
collocation: on weekdays
The town square is quiet on weekday mornings before the shops open.
The museum charges less on weekdays than it does at the weekend.
Noa goes to swimming class on weekday evenings after finishing homework.
- workday
Often refers to the hours you work in a day, not the day itself (e.g., 'an eight-hour workday'). Can be used as a synonym for weekday in American English.
- business day
More formal term used in commercial and legal contexts; excludes public holidays as well as weekends.
- weekend
Saturday and Sunday, the two non-working days at the end of the week.
用法筆記
Commonly contrasted with weekend (Saturday and Sunday). Typical phrases are 'on weekdays' and 'every weekday'. 'Weekday' also combines with time words to form compounds like 'weekday morning' or 'weekday evening'.