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{
"term": "Saturday",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the day of the week after Friday and before Sunday",
"sensetop": "on Saturdayon Saturdayson a Saturday",
"labels": "(informal or North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's Saturday today, isn't it?"
},
{
"text": "She started art classes **last Saturday**."
},
{
"text": "Are you busy **next Saturday**?"
},
{
"text": "**Saturday morning/afternoon/evening**"
},
{
"text": "We'll chat at Saturday's party."
},
{
"text": "I work Saturday to Wednesday."
},
{
"text": "I work Saturdays to Wednesdays."
},
{
"text": "We'll meet on Saturday *(= next Saturday)*.",
"contextForm": "on Saturday"
},
{
"text": "We met on Saturday *(= last Saturday)*."
},
{
"text": "We'll meet Saturday."
},
{
"text": "The office is closed on Saturdays *(= every Saturday)*.",
"contextForm": "on Saturdays"
},
{
"text": "The office is closed Saturdays."
},
{
"text": "He was born on a Saturday.",
"contextForm": "on a Saturday"
},
{
"text": "I always do yoga on a Saturday *(= every Saturday)*."
},
{
"text": "I went to Mexico City on Monday, and came back the following Saturday."
},
{
"text": "‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Saturday *(= the Saturday of the week we are talking about)*.’"
},
{
"text": "Come back Saturday week *(= a week after next Saturday)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsætədeɪ//ˈsætədi/",
"audio": "sa/Saturday/saturday_1_gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsætərdeɪ//ˈsætərdi/",
"audio": "sa/Saturday/saturday__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "From the Old English for ‘day of Saturn’, translated from Latin Saturni dies."
}