All weeks synonyms
week
W w noun weeks
- period β a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- age β Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- date β A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
- day β A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
- era β A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
- future β time that is to be or come hereafter.
- generation β the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- hour β a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- life β the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- moment β an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
- month β Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- occasion β a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- pace β a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- past β gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- point β a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- present β being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- season β one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- second β next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- space β the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- stage β a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- term β a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- week β a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
- while β a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- year β a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- allotment β In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- bout β If you have a bout of an illness or of an unpleasant feeling, you have it for a short period.
- chronology β The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
- clock β A clock is an instrument, for example in a room or on the outside of a building, that shows what time of day it is.
- continuance β The continuance of something is its continuation.
- duration β the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- epoch β A period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics.
- eternity β Infinite or unending time.
- extent β The area covered by something.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- infinity β the quality or state of being infinite.
- instance β a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- instant β an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.
- interval β an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- juncture β a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- lastingness β The property of lasting; duration, permanence.
- lifetime β the time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life: peace within our lifetime.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- span β the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spell β a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- stint β to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
- stretch β to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- tempo β Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- tide β the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.