What does Tuesday mean?

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

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Tuesday, Tuesnoun

    the third day of the week; the second working day

Wiktionary

  1. Tuesdaynoun

    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.

  2. Tuesdayadverb

    on Tuesday

  3. 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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tuesdaynoun

    The third day of the week.

    Etymology: tuesdag , Saxon; tuv , Saxon, is Mars.

Wikipedia

  1. Tuesday

    Tuesday is a song recorded by Dutch-Turkish DJ / producer Burak Yeter and American singer-songwriter Danelle Sandoval. The song is a cover of "Tuesday" by ILoveMakonnen ft. Drake which was originally recorded by Danelle Sandoval and then later remixed by Burak Yeter. The song was released as a digital download in the UK on 12 August 2016 through Warner Music Group.

ChatGPT

  1. tuesday

    Tuesday is the day of the week following Monday and preceding Wednesday. In cultures that use a seven-day week, it is typically considered the third day. The name is derived from Old English and means "Tyr's day," a reference to the Norse god of law and heroic glory.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tuesdaynoun

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

Wikidata

  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

  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.]

Editors Contribution

  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

  1. Tuesday

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

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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

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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. Jeffrey Lewis:

    The Russianleader claimed the nuclear-powered cruise missilehad an unlimited range, flew at a high speed and was capable of maneuverability that would allowit topierce any missile defense. One of the worlds most respected missile experts, Director of East Asia Nonproliferation Program Jeffrey Lewis, said Tuesday the U.S. tried to develop a similarly powered cruise missile in the 1950s and 60s but abandoned the project because it didnt make sense to put a nuclear reactor inside a missile. It was a technological nightmare and an ecological hazard, Jeffrey Lewis told Fox News. This is not a technology that I think makes a lot of sense for the United States. For whatever reason, the Russians have a different sense, maybe because they treat environmentalists differently than we do in the United States.

  2. Roger Kay:

    Anonymous would certainly like to be seen as powerful – they want you to think that maybe it was them, [Tuesday’s tweet] could be just an idle message on the part of an Anonymous person, but the timing does raise an eyebrow.

  3. Ghislain Kolengo:

    Very early (on Tuesday), they attacked Kadjema village and kidnapped 17 people who are still in captivity. I hope that our forces in the area and the Ugandans will find these people and bring them back.

  4. Terry McAuliffe:

    Former President Donald Trump wants to win here so Former President Donald Trump can announce for president for 2024. That's the stakes of this election. Former President Donald Trump's trying to get Former President Donald Trump off the map, former President Donald Trump wants to win here Tuesday and Wednesday, Former President Donald Trump announces Former President Donald Trump running in 2024. Are we going to allow that to go on ?

  5. Allison Jean:

    My life has not been the same, it's just been like a roller coaster.Guyger, who is white, testified that after working long hours on September 6, 2018, she returned to her Dallas County apartment complex. In uniform but off duty, she approached what she thought was her apartment. She noticed the door was partially open, saw a man inside who she believed to be an intruder, and fired her service weapon, killing him.How Botham Jeans mother is preparing to face the former police officer who killed her sonIn fact, she was at the apartment directly above hers -- which belonged to the 26-year-old Jean, who was black. Prosecutors said Jean had been on the couch in his shorts, watching TV and eating vanilla ice cream when Guyger walked in.Read MoreJurors deliberated for less than 24 hours before reaching the verdict. Guyger was booked into the North Tower Detention Center in Dallas Tuesday afternoon, according to the county website.Though the topic of race did not figure prominently in the trial itself, outside the courtroom, Jean's case had became a focal point in the national conversation on policing and the threat of violence people of color face in daily life.After the verdict, S. Lee Merritt, an attorney for Jean's family, called the murder conviction a.

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