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midweek

adj · adv · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

That happens in the middle of the week.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

adv

Meaning 2

In the middle of the week.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The middle of the week.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Midweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Jehovah's-Witnesses, informal

Qualifier: Latter-Day Saints

Topics: Christianity

Examples

  • This Wednesday is churchwide midweek; men's is the next one.

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5

adverb

Meaning 5

in the middle of the week

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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6

noun

Meaning 6

the middle of a week

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

7

noun

Meaning 7

the fourth day of the week; the third working day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Wednesday, Wed

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weekday

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Mittwoch — That happens in the middle of the week
  • Greek: μεσοβδομαδιάτικος (mesovdomadiátikos) — That happens in the middle of the week
  • Italian: infrasettimanale — That happens in the middle of the week
  • Greek: μεσοβδομαδιάτικα (mesovdomadiátika) — In the middle of the week