midweek
Syllables: mid·week
midweek noun: the middle of the week.
Noun
midweek (plural midweeks)
- The middle of the week.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Adjective
midweek (not comparable)
- That happens in the middle of the week.
- 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, “Notes and News: Cheap Mid-Week Tickets Reintroduced”, in Railway Magazine, page 433
- 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
Adverb
midweek (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
midweek meaning in Urdu
midweek in Urdu
- وسط ہفتہ
Forms of midweek
| plural | midweeks |
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Origin of midweek
From mid- + week. Compare Saterland Frisian Midwiek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Low German Middeweek (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”), German Mittwoch (“Wednesday”, literally “midweek”).
Words formed from midweek
Words that rhyme with midweek
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- leak
- seek
- bespeak
- pique
- tweak
- reek
- sleek
- geek
- peek
- squeak
- week
- wreak
- boutique
- clique
- creek
- forspeak
- gleek
- unique
- bleak
- cacique
- creak
- critique
- deke
- eek
- eke
- fleak
- on fleek
- respeak
- Tajik
- teak
- technique
- tongue-in-chic
- chic
- cleek
- desqueak
- leek
- malik
- meek
- misspeak
- physique
- pratique
- shriek
- speke
- streek
- Zeke
- -speak
- Adam's Peak
- advertique
Questions about midweek
- What does midweek mean?
- Midweek means the middle of the week.
- What is midweek in Urdu?
- Midweek in Urdu is وسط ہفتہ. See Midweek meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is midweek?
- Midweek can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
- What is the plural of midweek?
- The plural of midweek is midweeks.
Words near midweek in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: midweek (page history and authors); midweek (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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