calendar week
Noun: A calendar week is a fixed, standard period of seven consecutive days used for organizing time, especially in planning and scheduling. It is a unit of time within a calendar system, typically beginning on a specific, culturally defined day (most commonly Sunday or Monday).
The term "calendar week" is used to refer to a specific, numbered seven-day block within a year, as opposed to any arbitrary seven-day period. It is a formal term common in administrative, business, and planning contexts. - The project deadline is at the end of the third calendar week of October. - Please submit your report by the close of the current calendar week. - The fiscal year contains 52 calendar weeks.
- "calendar week" vs. "week": While often used interchangeably, "calendar week" can emphasize the official, numbered division of the year according to a specific calendar system (e.g., ISO week date system starts on Monday). The simple term "week" can be more general.
- According to the ISO standard, the first calendar week of the year is the one that contains the first Thursday.
- Week (n): A more general term for any period of seven days.
- Workweek (n): The part of the week devoted to work, typically Monday through Friday.
- Weekend (n): The period at the end of the week, typically Saturday and Sunday.
- Seven-day period
- Week
(Note: "Calendar week" itself is not typically part of phrasal verbs or idioms. The related simple noun "week" is used in such constructions.) - Week in, week out: Continuously, every week without change. - He does the same job, week in, week out. - A week from [day]: Seven days after the specified day. - The meeting is scheduled for a week from Tuesday.
- a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday