English
Sunday
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˈsʌndi/
Noun

Sunday (plural Sundays)

  1. The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
  2. (informal) A newspaper published on Sunday.
  3. (informal) A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
    • Mark Arnold, Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace
      It just wasn't his thing, although he did beautiful Sundays for however long he did them. So as soon as he could, he hired someone to do the Sundays. Karen and I would do some dailies, but we were the Sunday artists.
Synonyms Translations Translations
  • French: presse dominicale
Verb

Sunday (Sundays, present participle Sundaying; past and past participle Sundayed)

  1. To spend Sunday (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).
    • 1910, Arthur B. Reeve, The Silent Bullet, III,
      I waded through accounts of new calves and colts, new fences and barns, who “Sundayed” with his brother, etc., and soon had a list of all the cases in that part of the country.
    • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Kipling,”
      The dogs and I were Sundaying on the garden lawn.
    • 2016, Brian Finnegan, “Your Sunday Best,” in totallydublin.ie,
      When we’re Sundaying in the city, I like nothing better than to roll out of bed and head straight for Noshington on the corner of South Circular Road and Washington Street, for one of their hugely satisfying weekend brunch options.
Adverb

Sunday (not comparable)

  1. (US, Canada) On Sundays.
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