tomorrow

• to-morrow (archaic)

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təˈmɒɹəʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /təˈmɒɹəʊ/, /təˈmʌɹəʊ/, (dialectally) /təˈmɒɹə/
• (Boston) IPA^(key): /təˈmɒɹoʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈmɑɹoʊ/, /tʊˈmɑɹoʊ/
• (NYC, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /təˈmɑɹə/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /təˈmɔɹoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ

tomorrow (not comparable)

1. On the day after the present day.
   • 1855, Charles Dickens, The Holly-Tree

     It was eight o'clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers.

2. 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.

3. (possibly obsolete) On next (period of time other than a day, such as a week or a month), following the present (period of time).
   • 1664 March 28, debate in Great Britain's House of Commons, printed in 1803 in the Journals of the House of Commons, page 538:

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

   • 1840, Melancholy Death of Amelia V, in The Christian Guardian (and Church of England magazine), page 60:

     'You shall go to it on to-morrow week, so make haste and get well!'

4. (obsolete) On the next day (following some date in the past).
   • 1717 October 8, Robert Wodrow, in a letter to Mr. James Hart, printed in 1828, Robert Wodrow, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, page xxii:

     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 […]

   • 1817, James Kirkton, The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, page 126:

     […] after he hade drunk liberally in the Advocate's house that same day, went to bed in health, but was taken up stark dead to-morrow morning; and such was the testimony of honour heaven was pleased to allow Montrose's pompuous funerals.

• yesterday

tomorrow (plural tomorrows)

1. The day after the present day.

   Tomorrow will be sunny.

   • 1926, Dorothy Parker, “Godspeed”, in Enough Rope, page 69:

     Oh seek, my love, your newer way; / I'll not be left in sorrow. / So long as I have yesterday, / Go take your damned to-morrow!

• morrow

• yesterday

• last night
• nudiustertian
• overmorrow
• today
• tonight
• yesterday
• tomorrower
• tomorrowness

• moorwort, rootworm, wormroot

tomorrow

1. Alternative form of tomorwe

tomorrow (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tomorwe