Thursday
Pronunciations (8)
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/ˈθɜːz.deɪ/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈθɔːz.də/
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- Northumbria
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/ˈθɝz.deɪ/
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- General-American
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/ˈθɘːz.dæɪ̯/
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- Australia
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/ˈθɵːz.dæe/
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- New-Zealand
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ˈθɜːzdeɪ
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- GB
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ˈθɝzdeɪ
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- US
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ˈθɵːzdæe
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- NZ
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.
- Related words
- Thursday DinnersThursday Island
- Broader terms
- Narrower terms
- Ascension ThursdayBlack ThursdayBounds ThursdayCarnival ThursdayChare ThursdayChewidden ThursdayCovenant Thursdaydirty tricks Thursdaydress-up ThursdayEaster ThursdayFat ThursdayGreat and Holy ThursdayGreat ThursdayGreen ThursdayHallow ThursdayHoly ThursdayMaundy ThursdayRunning ThursdayShear ThursdaySheer ThursdayShore ThursdayShorpthursdayShorthursdayShrove ThursdaySilver ThursdaySkire ThursdaySkis ThursdaySuper ThursdayThanksgiving ThursdayThrowback ThursdayThursday of MysteriesWhite ThursdayWhit Thursday
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More examples (1)
Cap[ulet]. […] If vve ſhould reuell much, therefore vve vvill haue / Some halfe a dozen frends and make no more adoe. / But vvhat ſay you to Thurſday. / Par[is]. My Lorde I vviſhe that Thurſday vvere to morrovv.
But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort, Thursday canʼt be beat.
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Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.
Adverb
On Thursday.
Usage- Canada
- US usage
- Informal
- not-comparable
- in UK
Noun
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
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Word forms
Thursdays