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# friday

«friday» in Mova's school dictionary: **a day of the week** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Friday, Fridays)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Friday is a day of the week. It comes after Thursday and before Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#m1)

2) For most children it is the last day of the school week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#m2)

3) Friday can also be a person's name, such as Man Friday, the helper in Robinson Crusoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a day in time problems; counting days from Monday to Friday (5 school days); amounts each day added. In everyday life: Friday spelling tests, Friday afternoon fun, the weekend starts after Friday. Phrases: «on Friday», «on Fridays», «Friday night», «TGIF» («thank goodness it's Friday»).

### examples

- On Friday she read 25 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x1)
- From Monday to Friday he walks 2 km a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x2)
- The test is on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x3)
- How many days from Monday to Friday? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x4)
- We have pizza on Friday nights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x5)
- Friday comes after Thursday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x6)
- The school disco is this Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x7)
- We have a spelling test every Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x8)
- "Mother Friday, forgive me! pardon me, the guilty one! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/#x9)

### note

Always a capital F. Short form «Fri». Maths: a day name; it can set how many days to count. Trap: Monday to Friday is 5 days.

### In the corpora

- [Mum pins a rota on the fridge: "Freya this Friday, Sam next Friday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/6/)
- ["zhōumò" means the weekend; "zhōumò kuàilè" (happy weekend) is a common Friday goodbye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/8/)
- [Lucas, who tries to learn twenty in one night, may pass on Friday and forget most of them by Monday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/5/)
- [On Friday Finn told the teacher it was him, said sorry to Rory and scrubbed the wall clean himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment/4/)
- [She moved the snack to before the bus, put Jake at the front with her, and the Friday fights simply stopped.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «friday» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/friday/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.