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

The bank he leads, JPMorgan Chase, said Thursday it would construct London’s largest office block.

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It has issued a yellow "be aware" warning due to a forecast for very strong southwesterly winds from 16:00 on Thursday until 11:00 on Friday.

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Winter officially begins on 1 December but Thursday has bucked the trend of colder weather with much milder conditions.

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He took the oath on Thursday, in brief and muted proceedings in the army headquarters.

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Responding to Thursday's statistics, a Home Office spokesperson said there were fewer than 200 hotels in use as they vowed "to close every single one".

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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!