Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The middle of the week.
  • noun Wednesday.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The middle of the week.
  • Set for or occurring in the middle of the week: as, the midweek sailings; a midweek holiday.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The middle of the week. Also used adjectively.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The middle of the week.
  • adjective That happens in the middle of the week
  • adverb In the middle of the week.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the fourth day of the week; the third working day
  • adverb in the middle of the week
  • noun the middle of a week

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From mid- +‎ week. Compare German Mittwoch ("Wednesday", literally "midweek").

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Examples

  • Gérard Houllier's love for Emile Heskey, Villa's Carling Cup hero against Blackburn in midweek, remains undimmed.

    Wolves v Aston Villa – as it happened Simon Burnton 2010

  • Feels very strange to have the NFL draft opening in midweek, and in prime time, but there it is.

    2010 NFL Draft grrm 2010

  • New processor/motherboard/ram for computer (ok, I ordered this last weekend, but it only came in midweek)

    October 2nd, 2004 2004

  • Quite why people need to be able to drink in licensed premises at four o’clock in the morning midweek is utterly beyond me.

    Outbreak of Clerical Common Sense 2008

  • Quite why people need to be able to drink in licensed premises at four o’clock in the morning midweek is utterly beyond me.

    Archive 2008-01-27 2008

  • Brussow's inclusion in the so-called midweek team was the big surprise pulled by Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Monday.

    IOL: News 2009

  • Wednesday in German is Mittwoch, which means 'midweek'.

    Mittwoch Gordie 2009

  • Wednesday in German is Mittwoch, which means 'midweek'.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Gordie 2009

  • A stunning goal from Jean Makoun gave the French side a narrow victory over the La Liga outfit in midweek, meaning the Spanish side face an uphill task in the second leg of their tie to remain in Europe's premium competition.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • A stunning goal from Jean Makoun gave the French side a narrow victory over the La Liga outfit in midweek, meaning the Spanish side face an uphill task in the second leg of their tie to remain in Europe's premium competition.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

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