midweek

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *weyg-
  2. inherited from *wikǭ — “sequence; week
  3. inherited from *wikā
  4. inherited from wiċe
  5. inherited from wyke
  6. prefixed as midweek — “mid + week

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Midweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning…

    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.
  3. 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.
    • 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.
    • Peter Dods was captain in the midweek games but, like Sole, the Gala fullback has also hung up his boots.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA