Tuesday — English Dictionary

Noun

1. 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.

   Synonyms

   Third DayTueTue.Tues.

   Broader terms

   day

   Narrower terms

   Black TuesdayEaster Tuesdayecstasy TuesdayFastens-TuesdayFasten-TuesdayFat TuesdayGiving TuesdayHappy TuesdayHock TuesdayHoly TuesdayMini-TuesdayPancake TuesdayPatch TuesdayPentecost TuesdayShroft TuesdayShrove Tuesdaysuicide TuesdaySuper TuesdayTaco TuesdayTACO TuesdayTerrible TuesdayWhitsun TuesdayWhit Tuesday

   Examples

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   An anti-Mao force has occupied many rural districts around Tengchung in west Yunnan and is directing peasants there to revolt against Mao Tse-tung, intelligence sources here reported Tuesday.

   Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.

Adverb

1. On Tuesday.

   Usage

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

Noun

1. the third day of the week; the second working day

   Synonyms

   Tues

   Broader terms

   weekday