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midweek

Midweek refers to the middle portion of the week, and in many contexts it denotes the middle of the standard workweek, typically centered on Wednesday. The exact day considered midweek can vary by region, with some calendars counting Wednesday as the midpoint, and others using the broader span from Tuesday to Thursday.

The term is a compound of mid and week, first attested in English in the medieval period.

In culture, midweek is associated with the notion of a midpoint or hump in workload, giving rise

Related terms include Wednesday, hump day, workweek, and calendar week.

It
is
used
in
scheduling,
planning,
and
communications
to
indicate
tasks
or
events
that
occur
around
the
middle
of
the
week,
such
as
midweek
meetings,
midweek
deliveries,
or
midweek
headlines
in
newspapers
or
broadcasting.
to
colloquialisms
like
hump
day
in
American
English
for
Wednesday.
Some
languages
have
distinct
terms
for
the
middle
of
the
workweek,
while
others
use
direct
translations
of
midweek.