Sunday
noun /ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˈsʌndi/
/ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˈsʌndi/
(abbreviation Sun.)
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] the day of the week after Saturday and before Monday, thought of as either the first or the last day of the week
- It's Sunday today, isn't it?
- She went to a cooking class last Sunday.
- Are you busy next Sunday?
- Sunday morning/afternoon/evening
- We'll see each other at Sunday's party.
- I work Sunday to Thursday.
- I work Sundays to Thursdays.
- on Sunday We'll meet on Sunday (= next Sunday).
- We met on Sunday (= last Monday).
- (informal or North American English) We'll meet Sunday.
- on Sundays The office is closed on Sundays (= every Sunday).
- (especially North American English) The office is closed Sundays.
- on a Sunday He was born on a Sunday.
- I always do yoga on a Sunday (= every Sunday).
- I went to Lisbon on Wednesday, and came back the following Sunday.
- (British English) ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Sunday (= the Sunday of the week we are talking about).’
- (British English) Come back Sunday week (= a week after next Sunday).
- [countable, usually plural] (British English, informal) a newspaper published on a Sunday
Word OriginOld English Sunnandæg ‘day of the sun’, translation of Latin dies solis; compare with Dutch zondag and German Sonntag.
Idioms
(in) a month of Sundays
- (informal) used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time
- You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays.
- It is possible to learn to skydive in Britain, but with our weather it might take a month of Sundays to do it.
your Sunday best
- (informal, humorous) your best clothes
- I put on my Sunday best for the occasion.