Monday

Definition: Monday

Monday

Noun

1. The second day of the week; the first working day.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Monday" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the moon", "a day".

Date "Monday" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Satire

Slang in 1811

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Monday

Amusement

Holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam; wayz-goos, bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras,mi-careme, feria, fiesta.

Judgment

Twenty-twenty hindsight; armchair general, monday morning quarterback.

Regularity of recurrence Periodicity

Rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday; months of the year; January; feast, fast; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide.

Untimeliness

Unpunctual; (late); too late for; premature; (early); too soon for; wise after the event, monday morning quarterbacking, twenty-twenty hindsight.

Crosswords: Monday

Pidgin English (Monday).

That way we'll miss out on Monday and come up smiling Tuesday morning (Withnail and I; writing credit: Bruce Robinson.)

Start in Monday. (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding)

See you Monday. We'll be talking about Freud and why he did enough cocaine to kill a small horse (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck)

As of next Monday, no parent will be permitted to see an R-rated movie, unless accompanied by a kid. (North; writing credit: Alan Zweibel)

One was last Monday. (Clueless; writing credit: Amy Heckerling.)

It's just another manic Monday (Manic Monday; performing artist: The Bangles)

This mornin' is Monday (Ashes By Now; performing artist: Lee Ann Womack)

Monday you can hold your head (Friday I'm in Love; performing artist: The Cure)

Monday is an awful way to spend 1 7th of your life. (references; author: unknown)

NFL Monday Night Football (1970)

Seven Times Monday (1962)

Rabbit Every Monday (1951)

Blue Monday (1938)

Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908)

Monday, Monday (performing artist: The Mamas And The Papas)

Manic Monday (performing artist: The Bangles)

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Books

• Cat on a Blue Monday (reference)

• Looking Forward to Monday Morning (reference)

• Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (reference)

• The New York Times Daily Crossword Puzzles: Monday (reference)

• The New York Times Monday Through Friday Easy to Tough Crossword Puzzles (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Monday Briefing (reference)

• Monday Developments (reference)

• Monday Magazine (reference)

• Monday Morning Report (reference)

• Monday Report On Retailers (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Stormy Monday (reference)

• The First Monday of October (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Monday Morning Cold (reference)

• Stormy Monday (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Scene at the U.S. District Court, Richmond, Va., Monday, May 13th - Mr. Jefferson Davis brought before the court by Gen. Burton, on a writ of habeas corpus / from a sketch by our special artist. Credit: Library of Congress.

Easter Monday at National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Monday night washing, New York City. Credit: Library of Congress.

President Lincoln reviewing the Army of the Potomac on Monday, April 6, 1863. Credit: Library of Congress.

Reception of the officers of the Army by Secretary of War Stanton. Monday = PM. at the War Dept. Washington D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

White House, 1889--Easter Monday. Credit: Library of Congress.

War nursery schools. Woonsocket, Rhode Island.This young lady's mother works in a war plant. The youngster passes twelve hours a day Monday through Saturday in one of the thirty-five war nurseries conducted for war workers' children. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmer taking his tobacco from one warehouse to another for auction sale. Most of the warehouses are very rushed and quickly filled up the first of the week because most farmers think they get a better price on Monday and Tuesday. Mebane, Orange County,. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S. Capitol. Easter Monday at the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Library of Congress.

Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday eveg., Jany. 13th 1840, by which melancholy occurence; over 100 persons perished / drawn by W.K. Hewitt ; N. Currier. lith. & pub., N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Clause 2: The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, (See Note 5) unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day. (reference)

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Every Monday Marius sent to the clerk of La Force five francs for Thenardier

But Saturday and Sunday being free days some boys might be inclined to think that Monday is a free day also

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Health

After vasectomy, the patient will probably feel sore for a few days, and he should rest for at least 1 day. However, he can expect to recover completely in less than a week. Many men have the procedure on a Friday and return to work on Monday. (references)

Civil Liberties

Maldives

Aafathis, a morning daily, often is critical of government policy, as is the Monday Times, a weekly English language magazine. (references)

Economic History

Azerbaijan

Newspapers in Azeri and Russian are published daily, except Monday. (references)

Chad

There is one daily paper, Le Progres, published Monday through Friday. (references)

Human Rights

Seychelles

The police released such persons on a Monday before the court could rule on a writ of habeas corpus. (references)

Nigeria

On August 19, unknown assailants shot and killed Rivers State Assemblyman Monday Ndor outside his residence. (references)

Dominica

This requirement generally is honored in practice, although those arrested on Fridays often must remain in jail over the weekend and are not charged until the following Monday. (references)

Trade

Greece

In order to facilitate a fast and effective withdrawal of drachma banknotes and their replacement by euro banknotes and coins, commercial banks will not make any payment in drachmas in over-the-counter transactions, after Monday, 31 December 2001. (references)

Travel

Singapore

January 21, Monday - Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (references)

Slovak Rep

The workweek runs Monday through Friday (40 working hours). (references)

Women

Japan

In March Keio Electric Railway Company decided to make a trial women-only rail car program permanent, reserving one car only for women on all express and limited express trains running after 11 p.m. Monday to Friday. (references)

Worker Rights

Dominican Republic

In practice, a typical workweek is Monday through Friday plus a half day on Saturday, but longer hours are common. (references)

Brunei

The standard workweek is Monday through Thursday and Saturday, with Friday and Sunday off, allowing for two 24-hour rest periods each week. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "Monday": ash monday ♦ beginning from monday ♦ Black Monday ♦ Blue Monday ♦ easter monday ♦ Handsel Monday ♦ last monday ♦ monday evening ♦ Monday feeling ♦ Monday fever ♦ Monday headache ♦ Monday morning asthma ♦ monday morning quarterback ♦ monday morning quarterbacking ♦ Monday morning sickness ♦ Monday syndrome ♦ Monday tightness ♦ next monday ♦ on last monday ♦ plow Monday ♦ until monday ♦ week from Monday ♦ whit monday ♦ whitsun Monday. Additional references.

Beginning with "Monday": Monday-friday, Monday-fridays, monday-morning, Monday-morning-like, Monday-saturday, Monday-thursday, Monday-to-friday, Monday-to-thursday.

Ending with "Monday": March-monday.

Containing "Monday": rough-and-crusty-but-it'll-wash-off-by-monday-morning.

Afrikaans

Maandag. (various references)

Albanian

hënë (Cynthia, moon, Phoebe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏يوم الاثنين, ‏الأثنين. (various references)

Asturian

Llunes. (various references)

Aymara

lunisa. (various references)

Basque

astelehena. (various references)

Bemba

palicimo. (various references)

Blackfoot

issikatoyiiksistsiko. (various references)

Breton

dilun. (various references)

Bulgarian 

Понеделник. (various references)

Catalan

dilluns. (various references)

Cebuano

Lunes. (various references)

Chamorro

Lunes. (various references)

Chinese 

星期一 . (various references)

Cornish

dé-Lün. (various references)

Croatian

ponedjeljak. (various references)

Czech

pondìlí. (various references)

Danish

mandag. (various references)

Dutch

maandag. (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

lunis. (various references)

Esperanto

lundo. (various references)

Estonian

esmaspäev. (various references)

Faeroese

mánadagur. (various references)

Farsi 

دوشنبه . (various references)

Finnish

maanantai. (various references)

Flemish

maandag. (various references)

French

Lundi. (various references)

French Canadian

lundi. (various references)

Frisian

moandei. (various references)

Galician

luns. (various references)

German

Montag. (various references)

Greek 

Δευτέρα. (various references)

Haitian Creole

lendi. (various references)

Hawaiian

hënë (moon). (various references)

Hebrew 

ֹום ני. (various references)

Hungarian

Hétfõ, hétfő. (various references)

Icelandic

mánudagur. (various references)

Inuktitut

Nagaja. (various references)

Irish

luain, an Luan. (various references)

Italian

Lunedì. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

週明け (beginning of the week, new week opening), 月曜日　, 月曜日 , 月曜 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅうあけ (beginning of the week, new week opening), げつようび, げつよう. (various references)

Kongo

Lumbu kia ntete. (various references)

Korean 

월요일. (various references)

Lombard

lunedì. (various references)

Luganda

bbalaza. (various references)

Luxembourgish

méinden. (various references)

Macedonian

ponedelnik. (various references)

Malagasy

alatsinainy. (various references)

Malay

Senin. (various references)

Manx

Luain, Lhein, Jelune (on Monday), Jelhein. (various references)

Maori

Mane. (various references)

Mohawk

Yawententa'onh. (various references)

Norwegian

mandag. (various references)

Papago

Luhnas. (various references)

Papiamen

djaluna. (various references)

Pidgin English

monday. (various references)

Pig Latin

ondaymay.(various references)

Polish

poniedziałek. (various references)

Portuguese

segunda-feira. (various references)

Provencal

diluns. (various references)

Romanian

Luni (mo.). (various references)

Romany

palalkoorkò. (various references)

Ruanda

Kwambere. (various references)

Russian 

Понедельник. (various references)

Samoan

Aso Gafua. (various references)

Scottish

Di-luain (pnm. Monday), diluain. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ponedeljak. (various references)

Shona

Muvhuro. (various references)

Slovene

ponedeljek. (various references)

Somali

isniin. (various references)

Sotho

mantaha. (various references)

Spanish

lunes (mon.). (various references)

Sranan

mundey. (various references)

Swahili

Jumatatu. (various references)

Swazi

u-Msombulûko. (various references)

Swedish

måndag. (various references)

Tagalog

lunes, Lúnes. (various references)

Tahitian

monir’. (various references)

Thai

วันจันทร์. (various references)

Tswana

mosupologo. (various references)

Turkish

Pazartesi (Mon). (various references)

Turkmen 

duюenbe. (various references)

Ukrainian

Понеділок. (various references)

Welsh

dydd Llun. (various references)

Wolof

altine. (various references)

Xhosa

umvulo. (various references)

Zulu

umSombuluko. (various references)

Misspellings

"Monday" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: manday, Mednoye, Mnda, Modai, Moldau, Molday, Moldvay, Molndal, Mondal, Moneda, Moondah, Mundia, Mungai, Omniday. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dynamo.

-1 letter: anomy, monad, nomad.

-2 letters: damn, dona, mano, many, mayo, moan, mony, myna, noma, yond.

-3 letters: ado, and, any, dam, day, dom, don, mad, man, may, moa, mod, mon, nam, nay, nod, nom, yam, yod, yom, yon.

-4 letters: ad, am, an, ay, do, ma, mo, my, na, no, od, om, on, oy, ya, yo.

+1 letter: dynamos.

+2 letters: dormancy, endogamy, manyfold, monandry, mordancy, randomly.

+3 letters: condyloma, damnatory, dynamotor, mandatory, mordantly.

+4 letters: admonitory, amendatory, biodynamic, commandery, condylomas, daunomycin, disharmony, dominantly, doomsaying, dynamotors, handsomely, hydromancy, manifoldly.

+5 letters: abdominally, aerodynamic, commendably, condylomata, daunomycins, demonically, documentary, doomsayings, dynamometer, dynamometry, embryonated, gonadectomy, hemodynamic, indomitably, mandatorily, monodically, rhabdomancy.