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Thursday

Thursday

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The day between Wednesday and Friday
  • noun
  • /ˈθɜrzdeɪ/
translation icon : jueves
  • We will see you next Thursday or Tuesday or both.
  • Thursdays of the month
  • third Thursdays
  • fourth Thursdays

The Late Show will be live this Thursday after Biden's State of the Union.

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Examples

  • The Late Show will be live this Thursday after Biden's State of the Union.

  • And now Perseverance is set to launch for Thursday morning from Florida.

  • And it was just your average Thursday night in London.

  • And section will meet this Thursday in the regular time and place.

  • Here he is on Thursday of last week.

  • And by Thursday, I'll know by Thursday and you'll know as well.

  • Yes, I'm meeting with him on Thursday anyways.

  • Members of the Cache Valley Area Investors Association meet bi-weekly on the first and third Thursdays of the month.

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  • Two days a week, mondays and thursdays, 9:00 till 5:00.

  • Our team has a meeting scheduled for next Thursday at 3 PM.

Synonyms

Thurs
vsThursday
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A short form of Thursday, the fifth day of the week

is the full day name rather than the longer abbreviated written form
Thu
vsThursday
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A short form for Thursday, the fifth day of the week

is the full day name rather than the abbreviated three-letter written form

Compounds

The Thursday before Easter when Christians remember the Last Supper

The Thursday before Easter when Christians remember Jesus' Last Supper

Surface Forms

Thursday singular
Thursdays plural

Morphology

Thursday = Thor + day (opaque) = Thor + day

The word is historically a compound meaning 'Thor's day', but the mythological reference is not transparent to most learners.

Etymology

Thursday comes from the Norse god Thor, who is linked to 'thunder', so the name originally meant 'Thor's day'. That's why Thursday is the name for the day between Wednesday and Friday.