Tuesday
Americannoun
noun
Pronunciation
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Usage
What does Tuesday mean? Tuesday is the weekday between Monday and Wednesday. In much of North and South America, where most countries (including the U. S. and Canada) consider the calendar week to begin on Sunday, Tuesday is the third day of the week. (In other places, where the week is considered to begin on Saturday or Monday, Tuesday is the fourth or second day of the week.)Regardless of when the week officially begins, in many places Tuesday is considered the second day of the workweek, the five-day span from Monday to Friday during which many people work (with Saturday and Sunday considered the weekend). The word Tuesdays can be used as an adverb meaning every Tuesday or on Tuesdays, as in I work Tuesdays or Some restaurants are closed Mondays. To indicate the general time of day during which something will happen on a Tuesday, the word can be followed by the general time, as in Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday evening, and Tuesday night. Example: People hate Monday, but for me, the worst day of the week is Tuesday—it’s still days away from Friday without any of that recent weekend glow.
Etymology
Origin of Tuesday
before 1050; Middle English tewesday, Old English tīwesdæg (cognate with Old High German zīestac, Old Norse tȳsdagr ), originally phrase Tīwes daeg Tiu's day, translating Latin diēs Mārtis day of Mars. See Tiu, 's 1, day
Example Sentences
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“I was crossing the road. I was not crossing the racetrack,” she testified Tuesday in the civil wrongful death trial against her son’s convicted killer, Rebecca Grossman, and former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
A UK government spokesperson said on Tuesday it had "introduced a range of new prohibitions under the Russia sanctions regime".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Iskander, on the witness stand on Tuesday, echoed her attorney Brian Panish, who promised to show the pitcher and his then-girlfriend were both culpable because they were racing on the residential street.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
If it was an audition to succeed Donald Trump in 2028, US Vice President JD Vance was keeping it low-key as he held a briefing at the White House on Tuesday.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
On Tuesday morning, twenty-four hours after the Mona Lisa left the Louvre, Paupardin showed up to work.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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