Monday
noun /ˈmʌndeɪ/, /ˈmʌndi/
/ˈmʌndeɪ/, /ˈmʌndi/
[countable, uncountable] (abbreviation Mon.)
- the day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday, the first day of the working week
- It's Monday today, isn't it?
- She started work last Monday.
- Are you busy next Monday?
- Monday morning/afternoon/evening
- We'll discuss this at Monday's meeting.
- I work Monday to Friday.
- I work Mondays to Fridays.
- on Monday We'll meet on Monday (= next Monday).
- We met on Monday (= last Monday).
- (informal or North American English) We'll meet Monday.
- on Mondays The museum is closed on Mondays (= every Monday).
- (especially North American English) The museum is closed Mondays.
- on a Monday He was born on a Monday.
- I always do yoga on a Monday (= every Monday).
- I went to Paris on Thursday, and came back the following Monday.
- (British English) ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Monday (= the Monday of the week we are talking about).’
- (British English) Come back Monday week (= a week after next Monday).
Word OriginFrom the Old English for ‘day of the moon’, translated from Latin lunae dies.