thursday

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UK /ˈθɜːz.deɪ/ US /ˈθɝz.deɪ/

noun 1adv 1

Collocations

ADJ.

best, closed, done, free, last, next, sick, united

The office is closed next Thursday for the national holiday.

VERB + THURSDAY

appears, comfort, finish, held, party, raining, result, states

The big birthday party was held on Thursday evening at the community center.

THURSDAY + NOUN

conference, evening, night, t

The Thursday conference brought together researchers from five different universities to discuss climate change.

PREP.

about, from, on, since, without

I haven't seen him since Thursday when he left for his trip.

Definitions

noun

The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

Cap[ulet]. […] If vve ſhould reuell much, therefore vve vvill haue / Some halfe a dozen frends and make no more adoe. / But vvhat ſay you to Thurſday. / Par[is]. My Lorde I vviſhe that Thurſday vvere to morrovv.

But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort, Thursday canʼt be beat.

adv

On Thursday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the fifth day of the week

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort, Thursday canʼt be beat.

Wiktionary

Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.

Wiktionary

The meeting is to be held next Thursday.

Tatoeba · #22427

Meetings are to be held on the afternoon of July 15 (Tuesday), all day July 16 (Wednesday), and the morning of July 17 (Thursday).

Tatoeba · #22505

The phone number for the Thursday evening phone conference is 415-904-8873.

Tatoeba · #23780

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, thursday is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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