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Definition
nounThe day of the week after Monday and before Wednesday.
nounThe third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
Sentence Examples
The meeting was arranged for Tuesday.
You might as well wait until Tuesday.
She's been off work since Tuesday.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In many countries around the world, the day after Monday is called ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I have an appointment with the dentist next ____ at exactly ten o'clock in the morning to have my teeth checked today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”).
This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"An anti-Mao force has occupied many rural districts around Tengchung in west Yunnan and is directing peasants there to revolt against Mao Tse-tung, intelligence sources here reported Tuesday."
— 1969 March 17 [1969 March 12], “Rural Districts' Occupation”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 51, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taipei CNA, →OCLC, Communist China: Southwest Region, page E 2:
"Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said."
— 2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN: