tues
abbreviation (Tues, also Tue, Tu) for the noun Tuesday
Everyday
A short written form of Tuesday, the day after Monday and before Wednesday. tree →
In the lessons
Seen on timetables, calendars, shop signs, diaries and notes, where space is short: «Mon, Tues, Wed». In maths problems about days of the week it stands for Tuesday, the second day of the school week.
Examples
- Swimming club is on Tues after school. tree →
- The sign said: Open Mon–Sat, closed Tues. tree →
- Spelling test Tues, maths test Thurs. tree →
- My note says «Library books back Tues». tree →
- Tues and Thurs are PE days. tree →
- If Mon is the first school day, Tues is the second. tree →
Note
Usually written with a capital T (Tues), because days of the week are capitalised. Some write «Tue». Read it aloud as «Tuesday», never «tooz». In counting days, Tuesday comes one day after Monday; a week later is Tuesday again (7 days).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «tues» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «tues» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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