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Thursday

Thursday

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The day between Wednesday and Friday
  • proper noun
  • /ˈθɜrzdeɪ/
translation icon : jueves
  • The series will take place on Thursday evenings, beginning October 5 at 7:30 P.M.
  • Thursday evening
  • Monday through Thursday
  • Thursday night

Hell week ended on Thursday morning because he died.

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Examples

  • I have to be back by next Thursday or I'll be counted out.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Students are allowed to have visitors only on Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m.

    Academic text (1991)
  • And you see today, Thursday, here we are.

  • Good morning everybody, it is now Thursday and we are all up.

  • And the article came out on the Thursday before the race.

  • Last time we met on Thursday, we discussed a new problem.

  • At the beginning of class Thursday, the predictions are collected, and then the experiment is done.

    Academic text (1999)
  • It is happening Thursday next week, move in day.

  • And thank you very much and I look forward, all of us look forward, to seeing you on the Hornet on Thursday.

  • Next Thursday, we will have a team meeting at 10 AM.

Synonyms

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

is written in full instead of using a shortened form
Thu
vsThursday
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A short form for Thursday, the fifth day of the week

is written in full rather than using a very short 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 main

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.