noun
Very common
Weeks
Weeks (noun) means plural of week; more than one period of seven days. Example: “It took several weeks for the package to arrive.”
noun
1
Plural of week; more than one period of seven days.
"It took several weeks for the package to arrive."
How to use Weeks
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMore than one week; multiple seven-day periods.
Common pairings
a few weeks
weeks ago
in two weeks
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Rhymes for Weeks
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What does “Weeks” mean?
The word “Weeks” means plural of week; more than one period of seven days. In plain terms, more than one week; multiple seven-day periods.
How do you use “Weeks” in a sentence?
Here is “Weeks” used in a sentence: “It took several weeks for the package to arrive.”
What part of speech is “Weeks”?
“Weeks” is a noun.
Is “Weeks” a common word?
“Weeks” is a very common word in modern English.
How many days are in a few weeks?
Each week is seven days, so the number multiplies: two weeks is fourteen days, three weeks is twenty-one, and four weeks is twenty-eight. 'A few weeks' usually means roughly three or four. To convert any number of weeks into days, simply multiply the number of weeks by seven.
How many weeks are in a month?
A month is a little longer than four weeks. Because most months have thirty or thirty-one days, they contain about four and a third weeks. A whole year has fifty-two weeks. So 'a few weeks' is under a month, while 'several weeks' can stretch well beyond a single month.
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