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# tues

abbreviation (Tues, also Tue, Tu) for the noun Tuesday

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

## Everyday

A short written form of Tuesday, the day after Monday and before Wednesday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tues/#m1)

### In the lessons

Seen on timetables, calendars, shop signs, diaries and notes, where space is short: «Mon, Tues, Wed». In maths problems about days of the week it stands for Tuesday, the second day of the school week.

### Examples

- Swimming club is on Tues after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tues/#x1)
- The sign said: Open Mon–Sat, closed Tues. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tues/#x2)
- Spelling test Tues, maths test Thurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tues/#x3)
- My note says «Library books back Tues». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tues/#x4)
- Tues and Thurs are PE days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tues/#x5)
- If Mon is the first school day, Tues is the second. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tues/#x6)

### Note

Usually written with a capital T (Tues), because days of the week are capitalised. Some write «Tue». Read it aloud as «Tuesday», never «tooz». In counting days, Tuesday comes one day after Monday; a week later is Tuesday again (7 days).

## On Mova

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