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day of the week

day of the week

49 1.0
One of the seven named days in a week like Monday or Sunday
  • noun
translation icon : día de la semana
  • What day of the week is it?
  • seven days of the week
  • most days of the week
  • the same day of the week

And within he doesn't know what day of the week it is.

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Examples

  • This isn't just any old day of the week, you know.

  • Monday is the first day of the week in many cultures.

  • Tuesday is probably the day of the week when I want and need to look good.

  • It's always been my favorite day of the week, even when I was in school.

  • You know what day of the week it is?

  • Every day of the week, l dress up like a different Village Person.

  • Ask your best friend on which day of the week she or he was born.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Yes, Sunday is again the first day of the week, and Saturday is the last.

    Academic text (2001)
  • And Sunday is the one day of the week that's designed to like, not do stuff.

  • It's also the last day of the week, which means it's my last daily vlog.

Surface Forms

Morphology

day + of + the + week

The meaning is directly compositional: 'day' combined with 'of the week' denotes one of the seven days that make up a week. This grammatical possessive/prepositional structure is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows 'day' and 'week' will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Day of the week comes from the simple idea that people grouped seven days together as a week and gave each day a name like Monday or Friday. That's why the phrase means 'any one of the seven named days'.