Saturdays

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of Saturday.

   Several Saturdays passed before the renovation was finally complete.

   All of our remaining Saturdays this month are booked with appointments.

   Note

   An ordinary count plural, and it behaves like one: it takes numbers and determiners (three Saturdays, our remaining Saturdays) and can stand as the subject of a sentence. That is the easiest way to tell it from the North American adverb, which follows a verb on its own with no article or preposition. The capital letter stays in the plural, as with every day name.

2. 2
   adverbCanadaUS

   On a given Saturday, or on every Saturday as a recurring occurrence.

   The clinic only accepts walk-in patients Saturdays.

   He coaches the youth team Saturdays throughout the season.

   Note

   An American and Canadian habit: the bare plural does the work of a whole phrase, so a shop is open Saturdays rather than open on Saturdays. It sits most naturally after the verb or at the end of a clause (we work Saturdays) and needs no article or preposition. For readers outside North America, the version with on is the safer choice in writing.

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