SaturdaySat‧ur‧day /ˈsætədi, -deɪ $ -ər-/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] (written abbreviation Sat.) 
We went for a picnic on Saturday. The festivities begin Saturday. American EnglishSaturday morning/afternoon etc They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening.last Saturday I saw Sally last Saturday at the mall.this Saturday What are you doing this Saturday?next Saturday (=Saturday of next week) Ask her yourself next Saturday.a Saturday (=one of the Saturdays in the year) It was a crazy idea to go to the store on a Saturday.
WORD ORIGINSaturday
Origin:
800-900 Translation of Latin Saturni dies ‘day of Saturn’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Carrie's plane leaves Saturday.
- Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.
- Iowa State lost to Utah on Saturday.
- It was Saturday morning in Mitford.
- Last Saturday night was not, on the face of it, a roaring success.
- Rowing: Thursday features semifinal action in seven divisions to determine the qualifiers for the finals on Saturday.
- The team hit virtually every routine Saturday afternoon and set itself up for what could be a shocking team medal Monday night.
- This Saturday, the Clippers play Utah in Anaheim and a crowd of more than 14, 000 is expected.
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 They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening. I saw Sally last Saturday at the mall. What are you doing this Saturday?
the day between Friday and Sundayon Saturday They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening. I saw Sally last Saturday at the mall. What are you doing this Saturday? (=Saturday of next week) Ask her yourself next Saturday.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Ask her yourself next Saturday.· Did you see the football on Saturday afternoon?
· I’ll see you on Monday morning.
· I haven’t seen him since Thursday night.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Regular summer gallery hours are 5 to 7 p. m. Thursday, and 7 to 10 p. m. during Downtown Saturday Nights.
· Club vice president Dwight Clark said the team could make a move as early as Saturday.· The second, a man, Khalil Hameed Alwash, died early Saturday.· The park has been closed since early Saturday, when the pipe bomb exploded during a free concert.· They had time to save furniture and valuables before fleeing to high ground early Saturday morning.
· Hayden could not be reached for comment late Saturday.· Fujimori arrived in Washington from Toronto late Saturday.· The transfer began immediately after Atlantis docked late Saturday.· Newspaper colleagues greeted Xi with a large cake on his arrival back in Hong Kong late Saturday night.· Sheila, who had changed ever since she had gotten her first period, wanted to sleep late on Saturday mornings.· Investigators were still on the scene late Saturday gathering evidence and testing the waters.· News that a serviceman had died in Bosnia reached the town late Saturday.· The latest attack occurred Saturday night.
NOUN· And he had Washington sprawled all over the Rose Bowl field Saturday afternoon.· The team hit virtually every routine Saturday afternoon and set itself up for what could be a shocking team medal Monday night.· And so we slogged on, spending our Saturday afternoon working on a drenched hillside, until we had had enough.· Tiffany Ball kept shooting Saturday afternoon on the little backyard court, shooting long after her hot streak had ended.· I thought of the Saturday afternoon outings when we had held bonfires on the banks and the kids had gone skating.· The fire started Saturday afternoon, likely from an unattended campfire in the Pigeon Springs area.· It is the window to their conscience. Saturday afternoon at Oregon was no exception.· On Saturday afternoon, they got together for the fourth time.
· On Saturday evenings, this Yoruba woman called Ome Boku commanded our attention.· One found the pleasure principle at work again Saturday evening.· There was a concert on the Saturday evening.· The officer came there regularly on Saturday evenings, and the nurse dressed up to go out with him.· They then captured the drama in a three-part series for the Saturday Evening Post, which began in the September 18 issue.
· Not that I would suggest reviving Magpie, nor even another favourite of my youth, the Saturday morning show Tiswas.· The characters also were featured as a long-running Saturday morning cartoon on television.· On Saturday morning Jansher took me to Nawakille in one of his five cars.· He introduced a series of procedural motions that forced the Senate to stay in session through Saturday morning.· Most schools are quiet on Saturday morning, especially after a new snow.· After spending Friday night in jail, he posted $ 500, 000 bond and was released Saturday morning.· It was Saturday morning in Mitford.· On Saturday morning, dozens of amphibious vehicles and air-cushion landing craft ferried men and tanks on to military-designated Red Beach.
· One study found that 80 percent of the guns confiscated statewide in 1993 were Saturday night specials.· But somehow that food never makes it to Saturday night dinner.· There would be nothing to do on a Saturday night except to go to the Golden Shell.· Williams played through the sixth inning Saturday night before leaving for precautionary X-rays, which proved negative.· Every Saturday night we would watch Mitch Miller, with the bouncing ball.· Friday and Saturday night action from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
VERB· They know the real action begins on Saturday.· Although Day of the Dead is officially on Sunday, the festivities begin Saturday.· Basketball practices are scheduled to begin next Saturday.· Music at the fairgrounds begins each Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning and ends about sunset on 11 stages.· The formal sessions begin Saturday, with Perot and his 1996 running mate, Pat Choate, the keynote speakers.
· I gave him the number last week and he said he would call on Saturday and today is Sunday.
· Richard Lamm by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in a balloting that ended Saturday.
· The bishops, whose annual spring meeting concluded Saturday, also approved a plan for ministering to young people.· Powell and Ivanov will meet Saturday in Cairo.· Langford, Feng, Volkov and a number of other correspondents and photographers met there each Saturday, hiring a private room.· Alarcon announced plans to meet Saturday with Congress to name a Cabinet.· While Cantor and Klein had known each other for years, Stafford had met him only on Saturday.· Despite the four-hour time difference between Washington and Reykjavik, he would be rested for the meeting on Saturday.
· The school opened on Saturdays to help them catch up.· To mark its opening this Saturday, the center has a full roster of activities planned.· The play opens Saturday and continues through April 21.· The official hands-on opening will be Saturday.
· Seikaly tried to play Saturday with a stomach flu and was in uniform in the first half.· Since I had not achieved my weekly quota of aggravation and misery, I went out and played golf last Saturday.· Next week, the women play Saturday and both play Sunday.· Sampras was scheduled to play Yevgeny Kafelnikov on Saturday.· However, he is expected to play Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers....
· It would then hold a public meeting, perhaps as early as this afternoon and possibly running into Saturday.· Years of negotiations to secure the exhibition, which runs Saturday through Oct. 26, often were marked by nail-biting moments.· The festival runs Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11.· The conference runs through Saturday and is open to the public.· The presidential candidate is expected to announce his choice for a running mate Saturday in his native Russell, Kan.· The Expo runs Thursday through Saturday.
· Basketball practices are scheduled to begin next Saturday.· S.-brokered peace agreement in Bosnia as 2. 9 million people prepare to vote in national elections scheduled Saturday.· An invitation-only memorial service is scheduled Saturday at 2 p. m. in Aspen at Harris Hall.· Republican vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp is scheduled to speak Saturday.
· Neither was I in the mood for long debates about where we were going to spend Saturday night.· Why spend all Saturday cleaning your house just because you have been busy working at the office all week.· For once the soap reflected how real Londoners spent that historic Saturday.· At first he seemed frightened, but after a while he started spending almost every Saturday there.· Bubba and Scotch would say, oh, we spend our Saturday nights reading the dictionary.
· Justice said he expects to start Saturday.· The fire started Saturday afternoon, likely from an unattended campfire in the Pigeon Springs area.· When: The parade of gymnasts starts at noon Saturday.· The fire started Saturday near the Pigeon Springs area.· Al Leiter will start in his place Saturday.· At first he seemed frightened, but after a while he started spending almost every Saturday there.
We went for a picnic on Saturday. The festivities begin Saturday. American EnglishSaturday morning/afternoon etc They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening.last Saturday I saw Sally last Saturday at the mall.this Saturday What are you doing this Saturday?next Saturday (=Saturday of next week) Ask her yourself next Saturday.a Saturday (=one of the Saturdays in the year) It was a crazy idea to go to the store on a Saturday.