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# wednesday

«wednesday» in Mova's school dictionary: **the day of the week after Tuesday and before Thursday** — 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 (Wednesday, Wednesdays)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wednesday is the day of the week after Tuesday and before Thursday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#m1)

2) It is in the middle of the school week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a day of the week; amounts on different days are added or compared; counting days from one day to another. In everyday life: a weekly club or swimming lesson on Wednesdays, «midweek». Phrases: «on Wednesday», «on Wednesdays» (every week), «next Wednesday», «last Wednesday», «Wednesday morning».

### examples

- On Wednesday she ran 3 km. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x1)
- He sold 15 books on Wednesday and twice as many on Thursday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x2)
- The library is open on Wednesdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x3)
- How many in all from Monday to Wednesday? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x4)
- We have art every Wednesday afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x5)
- Wednesday is the third day of the school week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x6)
- My piano lesson moved to Wednesday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x7)
- The bins are collected on Wednesday morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x8)
- On Wednesday surely thou didst call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wednesday/#x9)

### note

Always write it with a capital W. Say it «WENZ-day»: the first d is silent. «On Wednesday», not «in Wednesday». Short form «Wed». Maths: a day label; combining days means add. «Monday to Wednesday» is 3 days (count both ends).

### In the corpora

- [One Wednesday Jayden saw Zara watching from the side, quiet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/18/)
- [He spelt «because» three different ways on one page and wrote «Wednesday» as «Wensday».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/419-homework-first/1/)
- [Wednesday comes from "Woden's day", after the old Germanic god Woden, the same god the Norse called Odin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/12/)
- [Lent is forty days before Easter remembering Jesus' forty days in the desert; it begins on Ash Wednesday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/10/)
- [On Ash Wednesday some Christians receive a cross of ashes on their forehead as a sign of saying sorry to God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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