Sunday Week I Noun ˈsʌndeɪ ˈsʌndi Today Cooking

• it's sunday today, isn't it?
• she went to a cooking class last sunday.
• are you busy next sunday?
• sunday morning/afternoon/evening

sunday

1. the day of the week after Saturday and before Monday, thought of as either the first or the last day of the week
• It's Sunday today, isn't it?
• She went to a cooking class last Sunday.
• Are you busy next Sunday?
• Sunday morning/afternoon/evening
• We'll see each other at Sunday's party.
• I work Sunday to Thursday.
• I work Sundays to Thursdays.
• We'll meet on Sunday (= next Sunday).
• We met on Sunday (= last Monday).
• We'll meet Sunday.
• The office is closed on Sundays (= every Sunday).
• The office is closed Sundays.
• He was born on a Sunday.
• I always do yoga on a Sunday (= every Sunday).
• I went to Lisbon on Wednesday, and came back the following Sunday.
• ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Sunday (= the Sunday of the week we are talking about).’
• Come back Sunday week (= a week after next Sunday).
2. a newspaper published on a Sunday
3. used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time
• You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays.
• It is possible to learn to skydive in Britain, but with our weather it might take a month of Sundays to do it.
4. your best clothes
• I put on my Sunday best for the occasion.

Word Origin

• Old English Sunnandæg ‘day of the sun’, translation of Latin dies solis; compare with Dutch zondag and German Sonntag.