Monday

[muhn-dey, -dee]

noun

1. the second day of the week, following Sunday.

Monday

/ ˈmʌndɪ, -deɪ /

noun

1. the second day of the week; first day of the working week

Word History and Origins

Origin of Monday¹

before 1000; Middle English Mone ( n ) day, Old English mōn ( an ) dæg, translation of Late Latin lūnae diēs moon's day

Word History and Origins

Origin of Monday¹

Old English mōnandæg moon's day, translation of Late Latin lūnae diēs

Example Sentences

He and other basketball fans were under that impression after James posted Monday on X that he would be announcing “the decision of all decisions” the next day.

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The week began for us at a Moral Monday press conference on Sept. 29 outside of GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Those alive could be released as early as Sunday or Monday.

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He started his career as a corporate finance lawyer one week after the Black Monday crash, he told MarketWatch.

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With more than one supplier, OpenAI has “much more pricing leverage on buying chips,” Gold said in his Monday note.

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When To Use

What does Monday mean?

Monday is the weekday between Sunday and Tuesday.Many countries in North and South America, including the U.S. and Canada, consider the calendar week to begin on Sunday, with Monday being the second day of the week. In other places, including in much of Europe and Asia, Monday is considered the first day of the week. In parts of the Middle East and other places, the week is considered to begin on Saturday.Regardless of when the week officially begins, in many places Monday is considered the first day of the workweek, the five-day span during which many people work and that ends on Friday (with Saturday and Sunday considered the weekend).Since for many people Monday is the first workday (or school day) after the weekend, it is associated with a return to work and responsibilities. For this reason, and because Mondays have a tendency to be busy and hectic, it is often considered the most disliked day of the week (at least by Garfield, anyway).The phrase case of the Mondays is a humorous way of referring to the state of being grumpy or sluggish because it is a Monday. The slang term Mondaze (pronounced like Mondays) similarly refers to the daze you might find yourself in on a Monday.The word Mondays can be used as an adverb meaning every Monday or on Mondays, as in I work Mondays or Many restaurants are closed Mondays. To indicate the general time of day during which something will happen on a Monday, the word can be followed by the general time, as in Monday morning, Monday afternoon, Monday evening, and Monday 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.