Definitions for Monday
ˈmʌn deɪ, -dimon·day

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Monday, Monnoun

   the second day of the week; the first working day

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Mondaynoun

   The first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm and second day of the week in many religious traditions. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.

2. Mondayadverb

   on Monday

3. Etymology: * monandæg, from mona + dæg, a translation of dies lunae

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mondaynoun

   The second day of the week.

   Etymology: from moon and day.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Monday

   Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the international standard ISO 8601 it is the first day of the week. In countries that adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is the second day of the week. The name of Monday is derived from Old English Mōnandæg and Middle English Monenday, originally a translation of Latin dies lunae "day of the Moon".

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1. Monday

   Monday is the first day of the week, typically following Sunday, in a standard Gregorian calendar. It is considered a working day for most people and often seen as the start of the workweek.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. Mondaynoun

   the second day of the week; the day following Sunday

2. Etymology: [OE. moneday, monenday, AS. mnandaeg, i.e., day of the moon, day sacred to the moon; akin to D. maandag, G. montag, OHG. mnatag, Icel. mnadagr, Dan. mandag, Sw. mndag. See Moon, and Day.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.8 / 4 votes

1. Monday

   Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the Christian, Islamic and Hebrew calendars, it is the second day of the week. But according to international standard ISO 8601 it is the first day of the week. The name of Monday is derived from Old English Mōnandæg and Middle English Monenday, which means "moon day".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Monday

   mun′dā, n. the second day of the week.—adj. Mon′dayish, fagged—of preachers, after their Sunday exercitations.—Black Monday, Easter Monday, the 14th of April 1360: any Easter Monday; Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the year, when presents are given. [A.S. mónandæg, mónan, gen. of móna, moon, dæg, day.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. monday

   A day of the week.

   Monday is the first day of the week in some countries.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020  

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Monday

   A term derived from Scandinavian mythology when, after the first day of the week given up to sun-worship, the second was set apart for the worship of the moon.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MONDAY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Monday is ranked #6336 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Monday surname appeared 5,379 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Monday.
   
   81.1% or 4,365 total occurrences were White.
   11.7% or 630 total occurrences were Black.
   2.9% or 158 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 112 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 59 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1% or 55 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Weekday

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Monday' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2514

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Monday' in Written Corpus Frequency: #649

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for Monday »

1. dynamo

How to pronounce Monday?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Monday in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Monday in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Monday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Monday in a Sentence

1. Cao Xuefeng:

   I think market sentiment has settled, monday night's announcement was aimed at not allowing market sentiment to crash out of control.

2. Donald Trump:

   Monday GM have a lot of companies moving in.

3. Andrew Crisp:

   If you're planning on visiting East Gippsland today or Monday, don't do East Gippsland today, if you're already visiting East Gippsland, you need to leave the area today.

4. Richard Cohen:

   You can go to any courthouse in Alabama on Monday and get a marriage license, except for those few holdouts that aren't issuing licenses to anyone, gay or straight.

5. Theresa May:

   On Monday, This House will continue the process to see if there is a stable majority for a particular alternative version of our future relationship with the The EU, this House has rejected no deal. This House has rejected no Brexit. On Wednesday it rejected all the variations of the deal on the table. And today it has rejected approving the Withdrawal Agreement alone and continuing a process on the future.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Monday
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Monday
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Monday
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Monday
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Monday
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Monday
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Monday
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Monday