tuesday
//ˈtjuːz.deɪ//
Forms
- Plural
- tuesdays
Definitions
1.The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
- Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.
- An anti-Mao force has occupied many rural districts around Tengchung in west Yunnan and is directing peasants there to revolt against Mao Tse-tung, intelligence sources here reported Tuesday.
1.On Tuesday.(informal)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1514
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”).