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Tuesday

Tuesday

1.0
The day that comes after Monday and before Wednesday
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtjuːzdeɪ/
translation icon : martes
  • The day Kenny fell through the ice was a Tuesday, bright, blue, and cold as metal.
  • Tuesday morning
  • Tuesday evening
  • Tuesday afternoon

It didn't end well in Afghanistan and next Tuesday we'll see how it ended in Iraq.

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Examples

  • - We got a job next Tuesday.

  • The dinner will be held during Turbo Expo on Tuesday evening, June 7, 2011.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Each class met two days per week, 50 minutes on Tuesday and Thursday, for 15 weeks.

    Academic text (1997)
  • It's five weeks of rehearsal at the college, every Tuesday and Thursday night.

  • We started meeting off campus the first Tuesday of the new semester.

    Academic text (2015)
  • He wants to take you to dinner Tuesday.

  • We won't have to leave the house until Tuesday.

  • The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a Charlotte-area judge properly dismissed their case last year.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Betsy DeVos, the nominee to lead the Department of Education, will appear Tuesday before the Senate education committee.

    Academic text (2017)
  • We got a job next Tuesday.

Synonyms

Tue
vsTuesday
9 1.0

A short form of Tuesday, the day after Monday

is the full name written in full rather than an abbreviation
Tues
vsTuesday
1 1.0

Short form of Tuesday, the day after Monday

is the full day name rather than a shortened written form

Compounds

3 4.3

A day of feasting and parties before Lent, also called Mardi Gras

cheap-arse Tuesday
  • Offensive
9.7

A day, usually Tuesday, when cinemas and other places sell tickets at lower prices

One week after next Tuesday

A day before Lent when Christians often eat pancakes

The Tuesday after Whit Monday, two days after Pentecost in the Christian calendar

Whit-Tuesday
  • Literature
9.9

The Tuesday after Whitmonday that some Christians observe

How Specific

Tuesday
1.0
yesterday
1.0
temporal adverbial
  • Specialized
8.2
recently
1.0
sometime
791 2.2

Surface Forms

Tuesday main

Etymology

Tuesday began as the name Tiwesdæg, meaning 'Tiw's day'. Tiw or Tyr was a Norse war god similar to Mars, which is why this day carries his name.