SundaySun‧day /ˈsʌndi, -deɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] 
We’re going to a match on Sunday. What are you doing Sunday? American EnglishSunday morning/afternoon etc Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet.last Sunday It was our wedding anniversary last Sunday.this Sunday There’s another antiques market this Sunday.next Sunday (=Sunday of next week) We’ll announce the winners next Sunday.a Sunday (=one of the Sundays in the year) Finding a dentist on a Sunday can be very difficult.2your Sunday best your best clothes, worn only for special occasions or for church3Sunday driver an insulting expression meaning someone who annoys other people by driving too slowly → never in a month of Sundays at month(6)
WORD ORIGINSunday
Origin:
Old English sunnandægEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Football season starts Sunday.
- He had reserved on a flight leaving Sunday.
- He had resolved to begin the communal discernment that he hoped would end the Standing on the Sunday after the Epiphany.
- He was shot in the face at close range last Sunday by a gunman and an accomplice.
- Hours are limited to noon to 8 p. m. Wednesday through Sunday.
- It was a further step in their development on the road to possible overall victory at this stadium on Sunday.
- The Vikings play the Giants on the road on Sunday.
- This is where, naively, we set out for a walk on a recent drizzly Sunday.
WORD SETS
AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet. It was our wedding anniversary last Sunday. There’s another antiques market this Sunday. on Easter Sunday See you Friday – your place at 8:30.
Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet. It was our wedding anniversary last Sunday. There’s another antiques market this Sunday. (=Sunday of next week) We’ll announce the winners next Sunday.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES We’ll announce the winners next Sunday. (=a special meal eaten on Sunday etc)· We usually have a walk after Christmas dinner.
on Easter Sunday· They were due to leave on Sunday evening.
(=every Monday, Friday etc.)· We usually meet up for a drink on Friday evenings.
British English (=a hot lunch eaten on Sunday)· Mum always cooks a chicken for Sunday lunch.
(=one that is published every day/week/Sunday)· Do you get a daily newspaper?
· I only get a Sunday paper if I’ve got lots of spare time.
See you Friday – your place at 8:30. British English (=shops being open on Sunday)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Best friend Louise Grimer found Tina unconscious at the foot of the stairs at her home in the early hours of Sunday.· Police Sunday did not reveal whether the suspect they arrested early Sunday at an apartment complex was the man in the photograph.· The incident began early Sunday when San Jose police began chasing the man for resisting arrest and drug use.· And early Sunday, rebels released Gen.· But activity stopped early Sunday morning, Jan. 16, 1988.
· G was a three-ring circus on Super Bowl Sunday.· Now, that would be a Super Sunday.· First post is 11 a. m. on Super Bowl Sunday.· Nowadays, Super Sunday has become more of a social event.· You can have your Super Bowl Sunday.
NOUN· Anne's been wanting to meet you. Sunday afternoon?· The team returns to Eugene late Sunday afternoon, tired and despondent.· It was a late Sunday afternoon, and quite solidly sunny and warm for San Francisco.· But Sunday afternoon, the demonstrators regained possession of the streets by resorting to their new tactic of creating gigantic traffic jams.· Her parents plan to follow on Sunday afternoon.· Two hundred tickets were sold for Sunday afternoon, netting the troupe a total of $ 100.· Miriam had been waiting on a Sunday afternoon for Rose to appear.
· Late on Sunday evening, we passed Giles on his way out of his hotel.· On a postcard-perfect Sunday evening, they saw the Cowboys dominate early and the Steelers dominate late.· With something like amazed laughter and, of course, love, Timothy Sunday evening Timothy!· On Sunday evening she would just sit there and ignore the baby.· The Royal frequently failed Gatti Sunday evening in his arrogantly hysterical reading.· Several years earlier, Gary had begun attending the 5: 30 mass on Sunday evenings at Holy Trinity.· Jerry, what did you do in my lab that Sunday evening?· As a result some 800 people jammed the church each Sunday evening at 5: 30.
· The boys were well into their training by the time I appeared at the Leander Club on the Sunday morning.· Louis is a baseball town. Sunday morning, Rice was in a hotel gift shop.· On Sunday morning there was another session between the principals, but it got nowhere.· Ike, former radio disc jockey, actually kept his congregation awake on Sunday mornings.· I remember Absalom came around one Sunday morning.· The feature was aired Sunday morning.· I am too conflicted about Elvis to enjoy a Sunday morning program about him.· And then, when the night had gone and Sunday morning arrived, July 5, there was news indeed.
· The Lasers can go for two in a row as Seattle visits again Sunday night.· To plot what needs to be done, family members have come together on Sunday nights for supper.· At 9 p. m. Sunday night in New York, &.· The negotiators are scheduled to convene Sunday night and perhaps on Monday before adjourning.· Then on April 4, 1954, a Sunday night, the trial efforts took a blow from the broadcaster Walter Winchell.· All of that was possible without the computer, which was on, when contact was lost Sunday night.· Bloomsbury is a university neighborhood, with lots of people around even on a Sunday night.
· From the age of four my granda Hugh would visit the socialist Sunday school.· I taught a Sunday school class and sang in the church choir, whose members included soldiers stationed at nearby bases.· Beginning on the Sunday school now was untimely he thought.· A special outing with the Sunday school children.· He enjoyed teaching Sunday school, and talked about maybe adding some kind of teaching to his collage.· According to Miss Sadie, they had built the church with room for growth of the Sunday school.· Missionary couples became the new saints; children in Sunday schools enjoyed their heroics.
· The Sunday Times carried half a page of ads for classic cars.· The editor of the Sunday Times is John Witherow.· An exception was Jilly Cooper's piece in the Sunday Times.· Was the Sunday Times simply a tabloid in broadsheet clothing?
VERB· The Raiders had enough incentive to play well Sunday.· Of the Warriors playing Sunday night, only Todd Fuller stood taller than 6-foot-9; four were guards.· The Steelers trailed the Cowboys by a mere 3 points with four minutes to play Sunday.· Young should not have been playing at all Sunday.· It is likely Deese will play Sunday, but it is unlikely the team would ask him to move back to guard.· Tight end Brent Jones is listed as doubtful on the injury report, but Mariucci said he definitely would not play Sunday.· I played the organ on Sunday at First Presbytenan and rehearsed the choir on Thursday nights.
· Bugel claimed Carter still deserved to start Sunday.· Their second half starts on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, and there are two big questions hovering above the visitors.· The play starts tonight and Sunday at 7: 30 at the Zuzi!· S Tim McDonald, who missed some practice time this week with a bruised shoulder, practiced Friday and will start Sunday.· They started mandatory Sunday classes to teach housekeeping, budgeting, home repair, and parenting.· Napoleon Kaufman will start Sunday, but by default.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► your Sunday best
1 (written abbreviation Sun.) the day between Saturday and Mondayon Sunday- He has the settled attitude of the Sunday driver.
- Too many Sunday drivers for my liking.
We’re going to a match on Sunday. What are you doing Sunday? American EnglishSunday morning/afternoon etc Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet.last Sunday It was our wedding anniversary last Sunday.this Sunday There’s another antiques market this Sunday.next Sunday (=Sunday of next week) We’ll announce the winners next Sunday.a Sunday (=one of the Sundays in the year) Finding a dentist on a Sunday can be very difficult.2your Sunday best your best clothes, worn only for special occasions or for church3Sunday driver an insulting expression meaning someone who annoys other people by driving too slowly → never in a month of Sundays at month(6)