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Friday
Fri·day F0326100 (frī′dē, -dā′)n. Abbr. Fri. or Fr. or F The day of the week that comes after Thursday and before Saturday.
[Middle English Fridai, from Old English Frīgedæg; see prī- in Indo-European roots.]
Fri′days adv.Friday (ˈfraɪdɪ; -deɪ) n1. the sixth day of the week; fifth day of the working week2. (Professions) See girl Friday, man Friday[Old English Frīgedæg, literally: Freya's day; related to Old Frisian frīadei, Old High German frīatag]Fri•day (ˈfraɪ deɪ, -di)
n. 1. the sixth day of the week, following Thursday. 2. Informal. a. gal Friday. b. man Friday. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English Frigedæg Freya's day =frige (genitive singular of frēo) + dæg day] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Friday - the sixth day of the week; the fifth working dayFriweekday - any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) |
TranslationsFriday (ˈfraidei) noun the sixth day of the week, the day following Thursday. She arrived on Friday; (also adjective) Friday evening. 星期五 星期五- On Friday, December thirty-first (US)
On Friday thirty first December (UK) → 十二月三十一号，星期五 - On Friday → 星期五
Friday
Black Friday1. Any day of major financial chaos or disaster; refers specifically to September 24, 1869, when stock speculators attempting to corner US gold trade caused the entire market to crash. The extremely fast growth in Wall Street has some economists worried that another Black Friday might be ahead if such growth continues unchecked.2. The day after Thanksgiving in the US, on which extravagant sales create a frenzy of consumer activity in stores across the country. I hate working in retail on Black Friday—everyone acts like a crazy person!See also: black, Fridaygirl FridayA female assistant who is capable of many different types of tasks. Based on the term "man Friday," the term can be considered sexist. I like to have my daughter be my girl Friday during "take your child to work" day. She's a better worker than some of my employees!See also: Friday, girlwhen two Fridays come togetherNever. Usually said sarcastically. A: "When are you going to help me clean out the garage?" B: "How about when two Fridays come together?"See also: come, Friday, together, twoflashback FridayA social media phenomenon in which older pictures (such as childhood photos) are posted on Friday with the phrase (often abbreviated "FBF") as an accompanying hashtag or caption. I'm going to post my second grade class picture for flashback Friday! Me at my senior prom! #flashbackFridaySee also: flashback, Fridayman FridayAn assistant who is capable of many different types of tasks. I like to have my son be my man Friday during "take your child to work" day. He's a better worker than some of my employees!See also: Friday, manperson FridayAn assistant who is capable of many different types of tasks. I'm getting so swamped with administrative tasks—I really need a person Friday do to the grunt work so I can focus on the big picture.See also: Friday, personit'll be a frosty FridayIt is unlikely or impossible (that something will ever occur). Sometimes followed by "in Hell," or "in July" or other hot places or times to add more emphasis. It'll be a frosty Friday when I sign over the lease of my land to you. It will be a frosty Friday in July before the two parties agree to anything.See also: Friday, frostya week tomorrow/on (some day)/etc.One week from the day specified. Primarily heard in UK. I'm flying to Ireland a week on Saturday for my brother's wedding. We need that report finished a week tomorrow.See also: on, tomorrow, weeka week yesterday/last (some day)/etc.One week before the day specified. They only gave me the assignment a week yesterday, so I'm really stressed out about getting it finished by tomorrow. Chris left on his work trip a week last Tuesday.See also: last, week, yesterdaythank God it's FridayA common expression used to celebrate the end of the working week. Good morning, everyone. Thank God it's Friday, am I right? What an awful week this has been. All I can say at this point is thank God it's Friday.See also: Friday, god, thankBlack Friday1. Also Black Monday, Black Tuesday, etc. A day of economic catastrophe, as in We feared there'd be another Black Friday. This usage dates from September 24, 1869, a Friday when stock manipulators Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market and caused its collapse. The adjective black has been appended to similar occasions ever since, including October 29, 1929, the Tuesday of the market collapse that marked the start of the Great Depression, and Black Monday of October 19, 1987, when the stock market experienced its greatest fall since the Great Depression. 2. Any day marked by great confusion or activity, as in It was just my luck to be traveling on Black Tuesday. This usage, too, is based on the events of 1869, marked by economic chaos. It has since been extended to other kinds of confusion, such as an accident hampering traffic during the evening rush hour. See also: black, Fridaygirl FridayAlso, gal Friday. An efficient and faithful female assistant, as in I'll have my girl Friday get the papers together. The expression plays on man Friday, a name for a devoted male servant or assistant. The name Friday comes from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, whose shipwrecked hero named the young native who became his faithful companion for the day of the week when he found him. In the mid-1900s Friday was applied to a male servant and then a women secretary or clerk who works for a man. The expression girl Friday gained currency through a motion picture starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday (1940). Today it tends to be considered condescending and, applied to a woman, sexist. See also: Friday, girla man Friday A man Friday is a man who is trusted by someone and helps them with lots of different jobs. She is toying with the idea of sending her new man Friday to Uttar Pradesh. Note: You can also call a woman a girl Friday. I became Lucian's girl Friday and would go during the night to fetch him from the National Gallery. Note: This expression comes from the name of a character in the novel `Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe. See also: Friday, manit'll be a frosty Friday (in July) used to indicate that something is very unlikely to happen. Canadian informal 1990 Walter Stewart Right Church, Wrong Pew It would be a frosty Friday in the middle of July before he would discuss personal affairs with the press. See also: Friday, frostygirl/man FridayTrusted assistant. This term comes from Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719), in which Crusoe found a young savage on a Friday, and this man became his faithful servant and companion on the desert island. “I take my man Friday with me,” said Crusoe. Some mid-twentieth-century advertising pundit invented “girl Friday”—or gal Friday—to describe the female clerk-of-all-work, presumably on the assumption that it lent some glamour to a low-level, poorly paid position. It caught on mainly through being used as the title of a 1940 motion picture starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday. In the 1970s, when affirmative action came to the American labor market, the term fell into disrepute. See also: Friday, girl, manthank God it's FridaySee T.G.I.F. See also: Friday, god, thankFriday
Friday: see SabbathSabbath
[Heb.,=repose], in Judaism, last day of the week (Saturday), observed as a rest day for the twenty-five hours commencing with sundown on Friday. In the biblical account of creation (Gen. 1) the seventh day is set as a Sabbath to mark God's rest after his work.
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period of time shorter than the month, commonly seven days. The ancient Egyptians used a 10-day period, as did the French under the short-lived French Revolutionary calendar.
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Synonyms for Fridaynoun the sixth day of the weekSynonymsRelated Words |