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five-day weeks

five-day weeks is the plural of five-day week.

Meaning of five-day week

Noun

five-day week (plural five-day weeks)

  1. A working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.
    • The widespread adoption of the five-day week has at last had effect on the Saturday rush-hour train service on the London-Watford and Bletchley lines of the L.M.R.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: L.M. London area timetable cuts”, in Trains Illustrated, page 648

Questions about five-day weeks

What is five-day weeks the plural of?
Five-day weeks is the plural of five-day week.

Words near five-day weeks in the dictionary

  1. five-by-five
  2. five-by-fives
  3. five-card stud
  4. five-day fever
  5. five-day week
  6. five-day weeks
  7. five-dimensional
  8. five-dimensionally
  9. five-dollar word
  10. five-dollar words
  11. five-door

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