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week | en |

As a noun week

is any period of seven consecutive days.

As a pronoun en is

he, him.

week

English

Noun

(wikipedia week) (en noun)
  • Any period of seven consecutive days.
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  • A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
  • A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.(rfex)
  • Seven days after ((sometimes) before) a specified date.
  • Derived terms

    * bush week * for weeks on end * hell week * Holy Week * weekend * weekly

    See also

    * * fortnight * month * nundinal cycle * year

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    en

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

    (head)
  • English
  • Etymology 2

    The name of the letter comes from (etyl) en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
  • (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).
  • Derived terms
    * (typography) en dash * (typography) en quad * (typography) en space
    See also
    *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Derived terms
    * en ami * en banc * en bloc * en brochette * en clair * en effet * en famille * en femme * * en garde * en masse * en pantoufles * en passant * * en retard * en retraite * en revanche * en route * en secondes noces * en suite

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