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{
"term": "Sunday",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the day of the week after Saturday and before Monday, thought of as either the first or the last day of the week",
"sensetop": "on Sundayon Sundayson a Sunday",
"labels": "(informal or North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's Sunday today, isn't it?"
},
{
"text": "She went to a cooking class **last Sunday**."
},
{
"text": "Are you busy **next Sunday**?"
},
{
"text": "**Sunday morning/afternoon/evening**"
},
{
"text": "We'll see each other at Sunday's party."
},
{
"text": "I work Sunday to Thursday."
},
{
"text": "I work Sundays to Thursdays."
},
{
"text": "We'll meet on Sunday *(= next Sunday)*.",
"contextForm": "on Sunday"
},
{
"text": "We met on Sunday *(= last Monday)*."
},
{
"text": "We'll meet Sunday."
},
{
"text": "The office is closed on Sundays *(= every Sunday)*.",
"contextForm": "on Sundays"
},
{
"text": "The office is closed Sundays."
},
{
"text": "He was born on a Sunday.",
"contextForm": "on a Sunday"
},
{
"text": "I always do yoga on a Sunday *(= every Sunday)*."
},
{
"text": "I went to Lisbon on Wednesday, and came back the following Sunday."
},
{
"text": "‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Sunday *(= the Sunday of the week we are talking about)*.’"
},
{
"text": "Come back Sunday week *(= a week after next Sunday)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a newspaper published on a Sunday",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays."
},
{
"text": "It is possible to learn to skydive in Britain, but with our weather it might take a month of Sundays to do it."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "your best clothes",
"labels": "(informal, humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I put on my Sunday best for the occasion."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌndeɪ//ˈsʌndi/",
"audio": "su/Sunday/sunday_1_gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌndeɪ//ˈsʌndi/",
"audio": "su/Sunday/sunday__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English Sunnandæg ‘day of the sun’, translation of Latin dies solis; compare with Dutch zondag and German Sonntag."
}