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Friday Week I Noun ˈfraɪdeɪ ˈfraɪdi Today Dance

Word3 friday
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈfraɪdeɪ/ /ˈfraɪdi/
Example
  • it's friday today, isn't it?
  • she went to dance class last friday.
  • are you busy next friday?
  • friday morning/afternoon/evening
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friday

(noun)/ˈfraɪdeɪ/ /ˈfraɪdi/
  1. the day of the week after Thursday and before Saturday
    • SEE ALSO Black Friday
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/black-friday
    • It's Friday today, isn't it?
    • She went to dance class last Friday.
    • Are you busy next Friday?
    • Friday morning/afternoon/evening
    • We'll discuss this at Friday's meeting.
    • I work Friday to Tuesday.
    • I work Fridays to Tuesdays.
    • We'll meet on Friday (= next Friday).
    • We met on Friday (= last Friday).
    • We'll meet Friday.
    • The museum is closed on Fridays (= every Friday).
    • The museum is closed Fridays.
    • He was born on a Friday.
    • I always do yoga on a Friday (= every Friday).
    • I went to Nairobi on Monday, and came back the following Friday.
    • ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Friday (= the Friday of the week we are talking about).’
    • Come back Friday week (= a week after next Friday).
  2. a character in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. He becomes Crusoe's faithful servant after Crusoe saves him from being eaten by cannibals. The phrase Man Friday or Girl Friday was sometimes used to describe an assistant who did many different jobs in an office, but is now quite old-fashioned.
    • SEE ALSO girl Friday
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/girl-friday

    Word Origin

    • Originally translated from the Latin for ‘day of the planet Venus’ Veneris dies and named after the Germanic goddess Frigga.
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