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# thursday

noun (Thursday, Thursdays)

«thursday» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Thursday is the day of the week after Wednesday and before Friday. A week is 7 days and Thursday is one of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#m1)
2. «On Thursdays» means every Thursday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#m2)

### In the lessons

Maths: a day of the week; amounts on different days are combined or compared; counting days forward and back. Everyday: school timetables, «See you on Thursday». History: Thursday is named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.

### Examples

- On Thursday she read 15 pages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#x1)
- He sold 8 cakes on Thursday and 12 on Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#x2)
- The shop is closed on Thursdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#x3)
- How many more did he sell on Thursday than on Wednesday? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#x4)
- We have swimming every Thursday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#x5)
- If today is Monday, Thursday is in 3 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#x6)
- Thursday is named after Thor, the god of thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#x7)
- Next Thursday evening the White Bear came to fetch her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/#x8)

### Note

Always written with a capital T: Thursday; short form Thu or Thurs. A day of the story; it labels one amount. Combining days means add; «more than» between days means subtract. Trap: count days carefully: from Monday to Thursday is 3 days later.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thursday» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thursday/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thursday» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thursday.html) on Mova free.