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WEDNESDAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wednesday mean? 

WEDNESDAY (noun)
  The noun WEDNESDAY has 1 sense:

1. the fourth day of the week; the third working dayplay

  Familiarity information: WEDNESDAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WEDNESDAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The fourth day of the week; the third working day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Midweek; Wed; Wednesday

Hypernyms ("Wednesday" is a kind of...):

weekday (any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday))


 Context examples 


Wednesday, December 25, is the day of the sweet-as-sugar eclipse.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

That is the reason of her writing out of rule, as we call it; for, in the common course, we should not have heard from her before next Tuesday or Wednesday.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The TGA said in a media release on Wednesday that the five products that failed the test were "subjected to a range of regulatory actions".

(Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported, Wikinews)

“This is Wednesday evening,” said Mr. Melas.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two hours and three quarters will carry us to Woodston, I suppose; we shall be in the carriage by ten; so, about a quarter before one on Wednesday, you may look for us.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

These Wednesdays were the happiest days of Mr. Dick's life; they were far from being the least happy of mine.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Within the first five minutes I said, 'I will be at Bath on Wednesday,' and I was.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He took to his bed on Wednesday afternoon and has never moved since.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He wrote me a few lines on Wednesday to say that he had arrived in safety, and to give me his directions, which I particularly begged him to do.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

By Heaven! if the devil stands at the door, I sail on Wednesday.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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