tues

«tues» in Mova's school dictionary: A short written form of Tuesday, the day after Monday and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

abbreviation (Tues, also Tue, Tu) for the noun Tuesday

meaning for a pupil

A short written form of Tuesday, the day after Monday and before Wednesday. tree →

sense 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).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tues» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.