Definitions for Thursday
ˈθɜrz deɪ, -diThurs·day

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Thursday, Th(noun)

   the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Thursday(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.

2. Thursday(Adverb)

   on Thursday

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Thursday(noun)

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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 dæg—thunres, gen. of thunor, thunder, dæg, day; Ice. Thórsdag-r, Thor's day, Ger. Donnerstag.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Thursday

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

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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1. thursday

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Etymology and Origins(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Thursday

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

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

How to pronounce Thursday?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Thursday in sign language?

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. Kim Jong:

   Fast forward to Thursday in Hanoi, when, at a summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump said this of Otto Warmbier and North Korea :.

2. Curtis Strange:

   I did play some good golf after( 1990) but it was sporadic, i had a tough time getting up for practice and for Thursday and Fridays.

3. Washington Post:

   A fascinating thing to watch will be the dividing lines among Democrats, particularly Senate Democrats, and particularly those running for the 2020 Democratic nomination, we saw a little bit of that at the debate on Thursday, when you saw Sen. Bernie Sanders saying he would not support the agreement... that he's still concerned about outsourcing jobs to Mexico.

4. Aaron Carver:

   The White House guidelines come amid a tempestuous week in which protestors across the country descended on state capitals to express their anger over the effects the lockdown measures were having on the economy despite thousands of new cases of COVID-19 being reported every day. SOURCES BELIEVE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ORIGINATED IN WUHAN LAB, AS PART OF CHINAS EFFORTS TO COMPETE WITH US On Wednesday, hundreds of cars, trucks and SUVs descended on Michigans state capital as part of a noisy protest against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmers social-distancing restrictions that critics saidy have gone too far. Similar protests unfolded in Virginia, Wyoming, Kentucky and Ohio over the last week with more planned in Maryland, Missouri, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York and New Hampshire. The federal government said Thursday that 5.2 million more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the four-week total to about 22 million out of a work force of 159 million easily the worst stretch of U.S. job losses on record. The losses translate to about 1 in 7 workers. Those people that know theyre vulnerable, self-quarantine. And everybody else, let them go back to work.

5. Marsha Gerdes:

   Oftentimes (parents are) more likely to participate in a parenting group if you say, ‘Right here in this location, Thursday night, we are have a parenting group,’ than if you gave them an agency miles away that does the same thing, because people tend to trust their pediatricians.

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