Thursday

[thurz-dey, -dee]

noun

1. the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Th., Thur., Thurs.

Thursday

/ ˈθɜːzdɪ, -deɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Thursday¹

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English Thursdæg, from Old Danish Thūrsdagr, literally, “Thor's day”; replacing Old English Thunres dæg; cognate with Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag (all representing Germanic translation of Late Latin diēs Jovis ). See Thor, thunder, day

Word History and Origins

Origin of Thursday¹

Old English Thursdæg, literally: Thor's day; related to Old High German Donares tag; see _Thor , _thunder , _day

Example Sentences

On Thursday, the US embassy in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou announced on its website that it would temporarily pause issuing immigrant, tourist, student and business traveller visas.

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Other issuers include the Netherlands and Italy on Tuesday, Greece on Wednesday, and Spain and France on Thursday.

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But an administration official indicated Thursday that the Bureau of Labor Statistics plans to publish the CPI report sometime this month.

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Protagonist had a market value of over $4 billion as of Thursday’s close.

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The contest for the top four places in the eight-team group was blown wide open by South Africa's astonishing comeback against India on Thursday, led by Nadine de Klerk's unbeaten 84 from number eight.

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When To Use

What does Thursday mean?

Thursday is the weekday between Wednesday and Friday.In much of North and South America, where most countries (including the U.S. and Canada) consider the calendar week to begin on Sunday, Thursday is the fifth day of the week. (In other places, where the week is considered to begin on Saturday or Monday, Thursday is the sixth or fourth day of the week.)Regardless of when the week officially begins, in many places Thursday is considered the fourth day of the workweek, the five-day span from Monday to Friday during which many people work (with Saturday and Sunday considered the weekend). People famously love Friday because it’s when the workweek ends and the weekend begins, and Thursday is often thought of as being almost Friday.The word Thursdays can be used as an adverb meaning every Thursday or on Thursdays, as in I work Thursdays or The shop is closed Thursdays.To indicate the general time of day during which something will happen on a Thursday, the word can be followed by the general time, as in Thursday morning, Thursday afternoon, Thursday evening, and Thursday night.Example: At least it’s Thursday already—only one day of work between now and the weekend!