What does Thursday mean?

Definitions for Thursday
ˈθɜrz deɪ, -dithurs·day

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Thursday.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Thursday, Thnoun

    the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day

Wiktionary

  1. Thursdaynoun

    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.

  2. Thursdayadverb

    on Thursday

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Thursdaynoun

    Etymology: thorsgday, Danish; from thor. Thor was the son of Odin, yet in some of the northern parts they worshipped the supreme deity under his name, attributing the power over all things, even the inferior deities, to him. Edward Stillingfleet

Wikipedia

  1. Thursday

    Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries which adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is the fifth day of the week.

ChatGPT

  1. Thursday

    Thursday is the fourth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday. It is considered part of the workweek in many countries and is commonly associated with a sense of anticipation for the upcoming weekend.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thursdaynoun

    the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday

Freebase

  1. Thursday

    Thursday is the fourth or fifth day of the week. According to the ISO 8601 international standard adopted in most western countries, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries that use the Sunday-first convention, Thursday is defined as the fifth day of the week. It is the fifth day of the week in the Judeo-Christian calendar as well, and was defined so in the ancient Mesopotamian and biblical calendars. It falls between Wednesday and Friday. The name is derived from Old English Þūnresdæg and Middle English Thuresday, which means "Thor's day".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Thursday

    thurz′dā, n. the fifth day of the week, so called because originally sacred to Thor, the old Teutonic god of thunder. [A.S. thunres dægthunres, gen. of thunor, thunder, dæg, day; Ice. Thórsdag-r, Thor's day, Ger. Donnerstag.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Thursday

    fifth day of the week, dedicated to Thor (q. v.).

Editors Contribution

  1. thursday

    A day of the week.

    Thursday is a great night to meet your pals.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Thursday

    The day of Thor, the God of Thunder, in the Scandinavian mythology.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Thursday' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3369

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Thursday' in Written Corpus Frequency: #894

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Thursday in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Thursday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Thursday in a Sentence

  1. Nicola Sturgeon:

    The only vote that counts is the one on Thursday, the more seats the SNP wins on Thursday, the louder Scotland's voice is going to be and the more influence for progressive politics we are going to have at Westminster.

  2. Jarred Evans:

    Jared Evans, a football player among the 195 evacuees, said in an interview Thursday night. After dinner, Jared Evans said, most people head straight to their rooms. Jarred Evans, a professional football player in China, is one of the Americans evacuated from a Chinese city at the center of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. ( AP Photo/Patricio Espinoza) They were flown out of Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak, on Wednesday and while on the base have been given blood tests and nose, throat and mouth swabs. Most of the virus cases are in China, but the outbreak has spread to more than a dozen countries, and the World Health Organization declared a global emergency Thursday. The U.S. has advised against all travel to Chinaand on Thursday confirmed the countrys first case of person-to-person spread of the virus, a man who is married to a Chicago woman in her 60s who got sick after she returned from a trip to Wuhan. AMERICAN AIRLINES LATEST TO CANCEL ALL FLIGHTS TO CHINA AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK One person tried to leave the base Wednesday night and Riverside County officials ordered the person quarantined for two weeks unless medically cleared before then, said Jose Arballo Jr., a spokesman for the countys public health agency. That means the unidentified person must remain with the group on the base, he said. Jose Arballo Jr. said early Friday that none of the passengers had shown signs of the illness but that Jose Arballo Jr. was about to go into a briefing for an update on the evacuees health. The evacuees are staying in hotel-style housing on the base and spent time Thursday exercising in a grassy area, some wearing masks, Jose Arballo Jr. said. A mobile medical clinic was set up in that area of the base so the evacuees will not have to go elsewhere for medical care if they need it, Jose Arballo Jr. said. Jarred Evans, who moved to Wuhan several years ago to play in a Chinese football league, said Jarred Evans would stay at the base until testing shows Jarred Evans is free of the virus. SIGN UP FOR THE FOX HEALTH NEWSLETTER Before the outbreak took hold, Jarred Evans said people in the city of 11 million people were happy as they prepared for the Lunar New Year holiday season. After news broke about rapidly expanding outbreak, Jarred Evans said residents swarmed pharmacies and stores to buy masks and disinfectant spray. The Chinese government shut down the city banning buses, trains, taxis, and personal cars and the military patrolled some streets and Jarred Evans compared its deserted atmosphere to an Old West ghost town. Imagine New York City being shut down, i was completely scared at first, because I didnt know exactly what was going to happen.

  3. Edna St. Vincent Millay:

    If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you Thursday -- so much is true.

  4. Dolly Parton:

    My mother, through the years, when we were born, since there were so many of us, used to say,' This one is gon na be you baby. ’ that just meant that you got to take extra care of Beverly Hills Thursday. You have got to get up with it at night and rock Beverly Hills Thursday back and forth. This particular baby that passed away in the movie was my baby.

  5. Sir William Bragg:

    God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

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