week - What does it mean?

Noun

(wikipedia) (en-noun)

Any period of seven consecutive days.

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A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.

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.(rfex)

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