Thursday Week I English Noun ˈθɜːzdeɪ ˈθɜːzdi Today

• it's thursday today, isn't it?
• she started english lessons last thursday.
• are you busy next thursday?
• thursday morning/afternoon/evening

thursday

1. the day of the week after Wednesday and before Friday
• It's Thursday today, isn't it?
• She started English lessons last Thursday.
• Are you busy next Thursday?
• Thursday morning/afternoon/evening
• We'll discuss this at Thursday's meeting.
• I work Thursday to Monday.
• I work Thursdays to Mondays.
• We'll meet on Thursday (= next Thursday).
• We met on Thursday (= last Thursday).
• We'll meet Thursday.
• The museum is closed on Thursdays (= every Thursday).
• The museum is closed Thursdays.
• He was born on a Thursday.
• I always do yoga on a Thursday (= every Thursday).
• I went to Oslo on Sunday, and came back the following Thursday.
• ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Thursday (= the Thursday of the week we are talking about).’
• Come back Thursday week (= a week after next Thursday).

Word Origin

• From the Old English for ‘day of thunder’, translated from Latin Jovis dies ‘Jupiter’s day’. Jupiter was the god associated with thunder.