SUNDAY

abbreviation Sun [noun] - the day of the week after Saturday and before Monday, when most people in Western countries do not go to workSunday is the day when members of Christian religions go to church. [U]We're going to visit my aunt and uncle on Sunday (= the next Sunday that there is). [U](UK informal and US) What are you doing Sunday (= next Sunday)? [U]Would you like to come to tea on Sunday afternoon?Do you think shops should be allowed to open on Sundays/on a Sunday (= every Sunday that there is)? [C]Do you think that Sunday trading (= shops being open on every Sunday that there is) should be allowed?I'm playing cricket this/next Sunday. [U]I played cricket last Sunday. [U]I play cricket every Sunday. [U]It's Emily's birthday the Sunday after next/It was Emily's birthday the Sunday before last. [C]We arrive in Paris on the (= a particular) Sunday, and leave the following Wednesday. [C]In Britain, the traditional Sunday lunch consists of the Sunday joint/roast (= meat), potatoes and other vegetables.The Sunday papers (UK also Sundays) are newspapers which are sold on Sundays. They are usually bigger than newspapers sold on other days of the week, and often have several different parts.(dated) Everyone turned up to the school concert wearing their Sunday best (= their best clothes which they wear on special occasions).(disapproving) If someone is described as a Sunday driver, it means that they drive unnecessarily slowly, often annoying other drivers.Sunday school is a class held on Sundays in which esp. Christian children are given religious teaching.They sent all their children to Sunday school.She has been a Sunday-school teacher for years.