# Monday

Pronunciation: say "MUN-day" /ˈmʌn.deɪ/

## Noun

1. The day following Sunday and preceding Tuesday, counted as the week's second day in many traditions and as its first day under the ISO 8601 standard.
   - Simple: The day that comes after Sunday and before Tuesday.
   - _The meeting was rescheduled to Monday after the long holiday weekend._
   - _She dreads Mondays more than any other workday._

## Adverb

2. On the day Monday, especially the nearest past or coming one. *(Canada, US)*
   - Simple: On the day named Monday, when something happens.
   - _Let's meet Monday to go over the budget together._
   - _The store reopens Monday after its renovations._

## Origin

Old English mōnandæġ, literally the day of the moon, became Middle English Monday. It goes back to Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, which copied Latin diēs Lūnae as a calque. The word is equivalent to Moon + day.

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