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Sunday

1

[suhn-dey, -dee]

noun

  1. the first day of the week, observed as the Sabbath by most Christian sects.



adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Sunday.

  2. used, done, taking place, or being as indicated only on or as if on Sundays.

    a Sunday matinée.

Sunday

2

[suhn-dey, -dee]

noun

  1. William Ashley Billy Sunday, 1862–1935, U.S. evangelist.

  2. a female given name.

Sunday

/ ˈsʌndɪ, -deɪ /

noun

  1. the first day of the week and the Christian day of worship

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Other Word Forms

  • Sundaylike adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sunday1

before 900; Middle English sun(nen)day, Old English ܲԲԲԻæ, translation of Latin diēs sōlis, itself translation of Greek hēméra hēlíou day of the sun; cognate with German Sonntag
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sunday1

Old English ܲԲԲԻæ, translation of Latin diēs sōlis day of the sun, translation of Greek hēmera hēliou; related to Old Norse sunnu dagr, German Sonntag
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. a month of Sundays, an indeterminately great length of time.

    She hadn't taken a vacation in a month of Sundays.

In addition to the idiom beginning with Sunday, also see month of Sundays.
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Example Sentences

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The suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, has been taken into custody after he was found hiding in the woods near the village of Green Isle in Sibley County, police said on Sunday night.

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He had earlier been told that the body would be handed over by Sunday, after the 72 hours it normally takes to complete DNA matching.

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Emergency services were called to Car Park One shortly before 11:00 BST on Sunday and one person was taken to hospital.

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The arrest on Sunday night was the culmination of a huge two-day manhunt following the deaths of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota Democrat, and her husband Mark.

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Fifteen minutes before first pitch on Sunday, Giants catcher Logan Porter trotted in from the visitor’s bullpen.

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doesSunday mean?

Sunday is the day between Saturday and Monday.In North and South America, most countries (including the U.S. and Canada) consider the calendar week to begin on Sunday, making it the first day of the week. In other places, including in much of Europe and Asia, the week is considered to begin on Monday, making Sunday the seventh and final day of the week. In parts of the Middle East and other places, the week is considered to begin on Saturday, making Sunday the second day of the week.Regardless of when the week officially begins, in many places Sunday is considered (along with Saturday) one of the two days that make up the weekend, during which many people do not work. In contrast, the other five days, Monday through Friday, are considered weekdays, which make up the workweek (or school week). In this sense, Sunday is not considered a weekday but a weekend day. Many people’s favorite day is Saturday because it’s the official start of the weekend, with another weekend day ahead of it—Sunday. Sunday is often enjoyed as a day of recreation and rest (some people call it Sunday Funday). But it comes with a catch: it’s followed by Monday, which is famously disliked due to being the first day of the workweek. (This feeling of dread over the weekend ending is sometimes called the Sunday scaries.)The word Sundays can be used as an adverb meaning every Sunday or on Sundays, as in I work Sundays or The shop is closed Sundays. To indicate the general time of day during which something will happen on a Sunday, the word can be followed by the general time, as in Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon, Sunday evening, and Sunday night. Example: Sundays are bittersweet—I like relaxing, but in the back of my mind I’m worrying about the coming workweek.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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