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midweek en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From mid- + week. Compare Saterland Frisian Midwiek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Low German Middeweek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Mittwoch (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That happens in the middle of the week.
    • 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. 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140:
    • Cheap mid-week return tickets were reintroduced by British Railways on May 7, to encourage holiday travel during the week rather than at weekends. 1957 June 14, “Notes and News: Cheap Mid-Week Tickets Reintroduced”, in Railway Magazine, page 433:
    • Peter Dods was captain in the midweek games but, like Sole, the Gala fullback has also hung up his boots. 1991, Rugby World and Post:

Translations (3)

it infrasettimanale (That happens in the middle of the week) · de Mittwoch (That happens in the middle of the week) · el μεσοβδομαδιάτικος (That happens in the middle of the week)

midweek en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From mid- + week. Compare Saterland Frisian Midwiek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Low German Middeweek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Mittwoch (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In the middle of the week.
    • Leicester could only manage a goalless draw midweek with Sutton Coldfield and will be keen to return to winning form. 1989, The Independent:

Deriveds

midweeker

Translations (1)

el μεσοβδομαδιάτικα (In the middle of the week)

midweek en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From mid- + week. Compare Saterland Frisian Midwiek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Low German Middeweek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Mittwoch (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”).

Meanings

  1. The middle of the week.
    • Carol, who is responsible for two coaches, says the sleeping accommodation is virtually full - surprising for midweek in mid-April. The Train Manager confirms that the train is well-loaded overall, noting that people view the train as a tourist attraction in its own right. 2024 September 4, David Clough, “All aboard the 'Night Riviera' to Penzance”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 62:
    • 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. 1987, Graham Marsden, Advanced coarse fishing:
  2. (Jehovah's-Witnesses, informal, qualifier:Latter-Day Saints) 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.

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