tomorrow
//təˈmɒɹəʊ//
informalForms
- Plural
- tomorrows
Definitions
1.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.
- 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.
1.The day after the present day.
- 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!
- 'Go home, Nilghai,' said Dick; 'go home to your lonely little bed, and leave me in peace. I am about to turn in till to-morrow.'
2.A future period or time.
- Live for what tomorrow has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away.
- It’s 1965 and we certainly welcome this new year with hopes that all of our tomorrows will bring happiness.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1050
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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.