Tuesday

American  

[tooz-dey, -dee, tyooz-] / ˈtuz deɪ, -di, ˈtyuz- /

noun

1. the third day of the week, following Monday.

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Tuesday British  

/ ˈtjuːzdɪ, -deɪ /

noun

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

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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

A past associate of Vance, Mills hosted a party late Tuesday night to celebrate the two-week cease-fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The study, released Tuesday by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, found that the state’s nutria populations share a close genetic match to nutria from Oregon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Iran and the United States said the crucial channel would reopen after a two-week truce was announced on Tuesday, but Tehran's threats mean very few ships are passing through.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Vance is slated to meet with Iranian officials in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad starting on Saturday, after the two countries agreed on Tuesday to a two-week cease-fire.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

On the day of Kerling's arrest, Tuesday, June 23, Herbie Haupt spent the morning at home with his mother, blissfully unaware that the FBI was on his tail.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple