Thursday
Americannoun
noun
Usage
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!
Etymology
Origin of Thursday
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
Example Sentences
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The US military previously said neither hostile nor friendly fire were involved in the loss of the plane in western Iraq on Thursday.
From BBC
"This Sunday Parisians will have an easy choice -- to either continue as before or change," Dati told supporters on Thursday night in the neighbourhood of Montmartre.
From Barron's
A public message attributed to Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was read on state media Thursday, though he has still not been seen in public since his appointment.
From Salon
A report on Thursday said the first six days alone cost the US $11.3 billion and it has lost 13 military personnel.
From Barron's
Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell threw off the mound for the first time in spring training on Thursday, throwing 15 pitches — all fastballs — sitting between 87 to 89 mph.
From Los Angeles Times
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