[General] On a weekend.

[arjitsharma]

I would like to know about the use of "on a weekend". Are "on a weekend" and " on the weekend" the same meaning."I would like to go out on a weekend" I saw this sentence in a dictionary but I would like to be understood the word " on a weekend".Thanks inadvance.

 

[Tdol]

I guess the idea is not a specific weekend, but many in general.

 

[jutfrank]

"I would like to go out on a weekend"

Are you sure you saw this in a dictionary? It's not a good example.

If you say on a weekend, it means every weekend. (In BrE we normally say at weekends. There are other ways but I don't want to confuse the issue right now.)

The sentence above is not a good example because of I would like, which suggests one specific weekend, not every weekend.

So, you could either say

I like going out on a weekend. [weekends in general]

or

I would like to go out at the weekend. [one specific weekend]

This is a confusing point so I have tried to make it simple. I hope my answer is clear. Also, there are some differences in varieties of English other than BrE.

 

[andrewg927]

In AE, I don't think we use "at the weekend" at all. We use "on the weekend".

I like to go out on the weekend (weekends in general).

 

[Rover_KE]

I saw this sentence in a dictionary ...

Which dictionary?

Always name your source when quoting text, please.