Wednesday

American  

[wenz-dey, -dee] / ˈwɛnz deɪ, -di /

noun

1. the fourth day of the week, following Tuesday.

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Wednesday British  

/ ˈwɛnzdɪ, -deɪ /

noun

1. the fourth day of the week; third day of the working week

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Usage

What does Wednesday mean? Wednesday is the weekday between Tuesday and Thursday.In much of North and South America, where most countries (including the U.S. and Canada) consider the calendar week to begin on Sunday, Wednesday is the fourth day of the week. (In other places, where the week is considered to begin on Saturday or Monday, Wednesday is the fifth or third day of the week.)Regardless of when the week officially begins, in many places Wednesday is considered the third day of the workweek, the five-day span from Monday to Friday during which many people work (with Saturday and Sunday considered the weekend).Because Wednesday falls directly in the middle of the workweek (around what is called midweek), with two days on either side, it is sometimes informally referred to as hump day. This is a humorous way of expressing the idea that it is the day on which everyone makes it “over the hump,” as if the workweek were a hill with Wednesday as the point after which everything starts to be “downhill” toward the weekend.The word Wednesdays can be used as an adverb meaning every Wednesday or on Wednesdays, as in I work Wednesdays or The shop is closed Wednesdays.To indicate the general time of day during which something will happen on a Wednesday, the word can be followed by the general time, as in Wednesday morning, Wednesday afternoon, Wednesday evening, and Wednesday night. Example: I’m glad it’s finally Wednesday and the workweek is halfway over, but that means we still have two days to go.

Etymology

Origin of Wednesday

before 950; Middle English Wednesdai, Old English *Wēdnesdæg, mutated variant of Wōdnesdæg Woden's day; cognate with Dutch Woensdag, Danish onsdag; translation of Latin Mercuriī diēs day of Mercury

Example Sentences

Both Bryan and Cartwright are in custody as of Monday, with the former set to be released on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Another Santa Ana event is expected to hit those same areas Wednesday into Thursday, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Aston Villa are going for a fourth successive Premier League victory when they travel to Brighton on Wednesday, but should Unai Emery's side change the way they have been scoring goals on their winning run?

From BBC

Sheffield Wednesday have been given a further six-point deduction by the English Football League for regulation breaches leaving them 27 points from safety in the Championship.

From BBC

Bureau of Prisons records show that Gentile was released on Wednesday, less than two weeks after he reported to prison.

From BBC