Definitions for Tuesday
ˈtuz deɪ, -di, ˈtyuz-Tues·day

Princeton's WordNet(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tuesday, Tues(noun)

   the third day of the week; the second working day

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Tuesday(Noun)

   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.

   Etymology: From Tewesday, from Tiwesdæg, from Tīwas dagaz (a rendering of dies Martis (see ), itself a translation of (see )), equivalent to Tīwaz (compare Tyr, Ziu), from dyewós + dagaz. Cognate with Tysday, tiisdei, dialectal Ziestag, tirsdag, tisdag. More at Zeus, day.

2. Tuesday(Adverb)

   on Tuesday

   Etymology: From Tewesday, from Tiwesdæg, from Tīwas dagaz (a rendering of dies Martis (see ), itself a translation of (see )), equivalent to Tīwaz (compare Tyr, Ziu), from dyewós + dagaz. Cognate with Tysday, tiisdei, dialectal Ziestag, tirsdag, tisdag. More at Zeus, day.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tuesday(noun)

   the third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tuesday

   Tuesday is a day of the week occurring after Monday and before Wednesday. According to some commonly used calendars, it is the third day of the week, but according to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. The English name is derived from Old English Tiwesdæg and Middle English Tewesday, meaning "Tīw's Day", the day of Tiw or Týr, the god of single combat, victory and heroic glory in Norse mythology. Tiw was equated with Mars in the interpretatio romana, and the name of the day is a translation of Latin dies Martis.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tuesday

   tūz′dā, n. the third day of the week. [A.S. Tíwes dæg, the day of Tíw (the god of war)=Ger. die(n)s-tag; cf. L. dies Martis. Tíw (Ice. Týr, Old High Ger. Zío) is cog. with Gr. Zeus, Dios, and L. Ju-piter, Jovis.]

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1. tuesday

   A day of the week.

   Tuesday is a great day of the week.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tuesday

   In the Scandinavian mythology the day set apart for the worship of Tiw, the God of War.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Tuesday' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3478

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Tuesday' in Written Corpus Frequency: #939

How to pronounce Tuesday?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tuesday in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tuesday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Tuesday in a Sentence

1. Eric Love:

   140 million Joe Exotic fans had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. We are as disappointed that [Trump] did not sign Joe’s Pardon, as we were confident [Tuesday] that he would. It is only because of you 140 million fans that Joe’s Pardon was even a possibility. Since his trial, the evidence has made it clear that Joe is not guilty but, rather, he is a victim of the persons he trusted most.

2. The Red:

   During Tuesday night's Red Sox-Orioles game, it was reported to Red Sox-Orioles security that a racial slur was used in a comment from one fan to another fan, the offending individual was promptly ejected from the ballpark, and has since been notified they are no longer welcome at Fenway Park this week.On.

3. Phaedra Al-Majid:

   Woe be to any other person who cares enough to risk personal safety to report Tuesday FIFA corruption.

4. Black Republican:

   This is the Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday model, ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday goes into a city, creates a narrative, cherry picks facts to establish, to prove that narrative, creates chaos in a community, misrepresents the facts, and then Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday leaves with Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday money, and then asks the community to pick up the pieces.

5. Brian Kemp:

   On Tuesday, we earned a clean and convincing victory at the ballot box, in light of where we are now, this will give public confidence to the certification process.

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