thursday
The day between Wednesday and Friday
I went to Edinburgh on Thursday.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
Thursday
noun
the day of the week after Wednesday and before Friday
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Thursday
Thurs‧day /ˈθɜːzdi, -deɪ $ ˈθɜːrz-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] (written abbreviation Thurs. or Thur.)
[Language: Old English; Origin: Thunresdæg, from Thunor god of the sky + dæg 'day']
the day between Wednesday and Friday
on Thursday
I went to Edinburgh on Thursday.
She was working Thursday. American English
Thursday morning/afternoon etc
There’s a meeting on Thursday night.
last Thursday
He was arrested last Thursday.
this Thursday
Mark and I are driving south this Thursday.
next Thursday (=Thursday of next week)
I’ll see you next Thursday.
a Thursday (=one of the Thursdays in the year)
Christmas Day is on a Thursday this year.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Thursday
Thurs·day [Thursday Thursdays] [ˈθɜːzdeɪ] [ˈθɜːrzdeɪ] [ˈθɜːzdi] [ˈθɜːrzdi] noun countable, uncountable (abbr. Thur., Thurs.)
the day of the week after Wednesday and before Friday To see how Thursday is used, look at the examples at Monday. From the Old English for ‘day of thunder’, translated from Latin Jovis dies ‘Jupiter's day’. Jupiter was the god associated with thunder.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
Thursday / ˈθɜːz.deɪ / / ˈθɝːz- / noun [ C or U ] ( written abbreviation Thur. , Thurs. )
A1 the day of the week after Wednesday and before Friday:
I'm having my hair cut after work on Thursday.
The shops stay open late on Thursdays.
Bye! See you next Thursday!
Do you remember that book we were talking about last Thursday?
This year my birthday is on a Thursday.
Thursday morning/afternoon/evening/night
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
Thursday
/θɜ:(r)zdeɪ, -di/
(Thursdays)
Thursday is the day after Wednesday and before Friday.
On Thursday Barrett invited me for a drink...
I’m always terribly busy on Thursdays.
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Thursday
Thurs·day /ˈɵɚzˌdeɪ/ noun, pl -days : the day between Wednesday and Friday
[count]
• He was late last Thursday.
• (Brit) We went on the Thursday and returned on the Saturday.
• The class meets on Thursdays. [=every Thursday]
[noncount]
• We went on Thursday and returned on Saturday.
• She will arrive on Thursday. = (US) She will arrive Thursday.
- abbr. Thurs. or Thur. or Th.;
- Thurs·days /ˈɵɚzˌdeɪz/ adv
• The class meets Thursdays. [=every Thursday]
