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Saturday

Saturday

15 1.0
The day after Friday that Jews and some Christians keep as a day of rest
  • noun
  • /ˈsætərdeɪ/
translation icon : sábado
  • The synagogue holds services every Saturday for the Sabbath.
  • spend Saturdays

Examples

  • I worked every single Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

  • Researchers there give up four Saturdays in a row to teach at the "Saturday Academy," which high schoolers attend for extra credit.

    Academic text (1990)

  • So, Sarah, take me inside your house on a Saturday morning.

  • My mom was a movie star and they would come to our house for Saturday night parties.

  • So I will see you guys next Saturday from a much warmer city than NYC.

  • The Seniors Dance is two Saturdays from now.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Most Saturdays, she sits in the big office chair that used to be my father's.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • That's what Saturdays are for.

    Changeling (2008)

  • College football Saturdays in Morgantown are now officially one of the best places to tailgate in the nation.

    Blog text (7)

  • We always go hiking on Saturday mornings with our friends.

Synonyms

Sat
vsSaturday
126 1.0

A short form of Saturday, the day after Friday and before Sunday

is the full word form used in formal or general contexts

Compounds

Saturday afternoon
46 1.0

The time after noon and before evening on Saturday

Saturday night special
  • NSFW
1 8.8

A small, cheap gun often used in crimes

Holy Saturday
1 4.2

The Saturday before Easter observed as the last day of Lent

Surface Forms

Saturday singular
Saturdays plural

Morphology

Saturday = Saturn + day (transparent) = Saturn + day

The name is a direct compound of 'Saturn' + 'day'; the structure and meaning as a day name are regular and inferable from the components.

Etymology

Saturday comes from the Roman god Saturn, so it originally meant 'Saturn's day'. In English it became the name for the seventh day of the week, and in many religions that day is the sabbath ('rest'), which is why people often stop work or pray then.