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Definition of Saturday noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Saturday

noun

NAmE//ˈsæt̮ərˌdeɪ//

, NAmE//ˈsæt̮ərdi//

[countable, uncountable] (abbreviation Sat.)

the day of the week after Friday and before Sunday From the Old English for “day of Saturn,” translated from Latin Saturni dies. To see how Saturday is used, look at the examples at Monday.

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