Saturday — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

   Synonyms

   Seventh DaySat

   Broader terms

   day

   Narrower terms

   Black SaturdayCaturdayDynamite SaturdayEaster SaturdayEgg SaturdayHoly SaturdayHospital SaturdayLittle SaturdayPink SaturdaySuper SaturdayWhit Saturday

   Examples

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   The Beijing-based firm — one of four funds created by the Chinese government in 1999 to process the bad loans of state-owned banks — announced Saturday that it would send a group of 50 experts to the province to help it “prevent and defuse risks” and “bail out” the real estate industry.

   Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.

Adverb

1. On Saturday.

   Usage

   • Canada
   • US usage
   • Informal
   • not-comparable
   • in UK

Verb

1. To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).

   Usage

   • Uncommon

   Examples

   Mr. Angus Hibbard, of New York, Fridayed and Saturdayed in Chicago, for the show and banquet.

Noun

1. the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

   Synonyms

   SabbatumSat

   Broader terms

   weekday