tomorrow

A1
US /ðəˈmɒɹæ/ UK /təˈmɒɹəʊ/
noun adv Freq #308

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the day after today

    what are our tasks for tomorrow?

  2. 2
    noun

    the near future

    tomorrow's world

  3. 3
    adv

    On the day after the present day.

    He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow.

  4. 4
    adv

    At some point in the future; later on

    If you don’t get your life on track today, you’re going to be very sorry tomorrow.

  5. 5
    adv

    On next (period of time other than a day, such as a week or a month), following the present (period of time).

    Resolved, &c. That the House be Called over again on Tomorrow Month, being the Six-and-twentieth Day of April next.

  6. 6
    adv

    On the next day (following some date in the past).

    To prevent this, a committee for peace was proposed for to-morrow, who heard the ministers and Mr. Anderson upon the heads of the affair, but in vain; when their complaint was given in in Synod, and referred to the next Synod […]

  7. 7
    noun

    The day after the present day.

    Tomorrow will be sunny.

  8. 8
    noun

    A future period or time.

    It’s 1965 and we certainly welcome this new year with hopes that all of our tomorrows will bring happiness.

Etymology

From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”), equivalent to to- + morrow. Compare French demain, Dutch morgen, German morgen, Swedish imorgon or Danish i morgen.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
morrow
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Word family
Derived forms yesterday-today-and-tomorrowyesterday-today-tomorrow
Related forms nudiustertianovermorrowtodaytomorrowertomorrownesstonightyesterday

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