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wk Meaning & Definition

What Does Wk Mean?

As a noun, wk means Abbreviation of week. It can also mean Abbreviation of work.

Word Facts for Wk

Part of speechnoun
Synonymshebdomad, sennight and keeper
Pluralwks

Wk Definition (Noun)

  1. Abbreviation of week.
  2. Abbreviation of work.
  3. Abbreviation of wicket keeper.

Noun

  1. Any period of seven consecutive days.
  2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
  3. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
  4. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.

    A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

  5. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.

    I'll see you Thursday week.

Noun

  1. A player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman.

Noun

  1. (heading) Employment.
  2. (heading) Effort.
  3. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

    We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.

  4. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
  5. The staging of events to appear as real.
  6. Ore before it is dressed.
  7. The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

    Tell me you're using clean works at least.

Synonyms of Wk

Wk synonyms and antonyms →

Wk in a Sentence

A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

I'll see you Thursday week.

We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.

Tell me you're using clean works at least.

Word Forms & Grammar

wk (countable and uncountable, plural wks)

Wk: Your Questions Answered

What part of speech is wk?

Wk is a noun.

What is another word for wk?

Close synonyms of wk are hebdomad, sennight and keeper. See the full list of wk synonyms and antonyms.

What is the plural of wk?

The plural of wk is wks.