Tuesday
Americannoun
noun
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
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Oil prices declined on Tuesday as traders shrugged off U.S. threats of an ”economic D-Day” against Iran, while a flurry of headlines helped to renew hopes that the conflict could soon come to an end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Parton died peacefully Tuesday, her nephew Bryan Seaver announced in a press release shared with The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Canada released on Tuesday a list of around 700 US products that will be hit by its counter-tariffs.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
SpaceX shares were up 2.6% in recent afternoon trading Tuesday, after closing Monday right at their initial-public-offering price of $135.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
So they weren’t overly surprised when, at 6:12 on Tuesday morning, a loud rumble shook the control room.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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