Thursday written abbreviation Thur. or Thurs.

noun (C, U) the day between Wednesday and Friday. In Britain, Thursday is considered the fourth day of the week, and in the US it is considered the fifth day of the week: We went to the theatre last Thursday. | I'll phone you on Thursday. | Christmas Day is on a Thursday this year. | Thursday morning/evening etc: Shall we go to a film Thursday night? | on Thursdays (=each Thursday): I go to night school on Thursdays. | the Thursday BrE (=the Thursday of the week being mentioned): Angela's arriving on the Thursday and leaving on the Sunday thus /DVs/ adverb formal

1 (sentence adverb) as a result of something that you have just mentioned; hence: Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. Thus it would be almost impossible to prove him guilty.

2 in this manner or way: He sold his car and used the money thus obtained to fly to Rio.

3 thus far until now: Her political career thus far had remained unblemished..

USAGE NOTE: THUS WORD CHOICE: thus, so, therefore, consequently, for this reason, as a result Thus is a little old-fashioned and only used in very formal English. In court you might hear: They had no offer of finance, and thus were unable to achieve completion (=they did not get the money so they could not buy the house). In spoken English you usually use so: I don't use the language much, so I tend to forget it (NOT thus). In formal speech and writing therefore will usually be used or, especially at the beginning of a sentence, consequently, for this reason, or as a result: The country was beautiful. Consequently I decided to return the next year. | I therefore decided to return the next year.