tomorrow

== English == === Alternative forms === to morrow (obsolete) to-morrow (dated) tomorrah (pronunciation spelling) tomorra (pronunciation spelling) === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təˈmɒɹəʊ/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ðəˈmɒɹæ/ IPA(key): /təˈmɒɹəʊ/, /təˈmʌɹəʊ/ (colloquial or dialectal) IPA(key): /təˈmɒɹə/ (General American) (Boston) IPA(key): /təˈmɒɹoʊ/ (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /təˈmɑɹə/ IPA(key): /təˈmɑɹoʊ/, /tʊˈmɑɹoʊ/ (colloquial or dialectal) IPA(key): /təˈmɑɹə/ (Canada) IPA(key): /təˈmɔɹoʊ/, /təˈmɒɹoʊ/, /təˈmɑɹoʊ/, /tʊ-/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ʈʊˈmɔro/, (father-bother merger) /ʈʊˈmɑro/ Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ === Adverb === tomorrow (not comparable) On the day after the present day. At some point in the future; later on (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. (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[sic] Synod, and referred to the next Synod […] ==== Usage notes ==== Tomorrow does not necessarily refer to the next day as defined by a calendar, a clock’s time, but may refer to the remaining part of the current calendar day (and possibly also some part of the subsequent day) after sleeping and waking up again, especially if the speaker or recipient is about to go to sleep. ==== Antonyms ==== yesterday ==== Translations ==== === Noun === tomorrow (countable and uncountable, plural tomorrows) (uncountable) The day after the present day. (uncountable, countable) A future period or time. ==== Synonyms ==== morrow ==== Antonyms ==== yesterday ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === last night nudiustertian overmorrow today tonight yesterday tomorrower tomorrowness === Anagrams === moorwort, rootworm, wormroot == Middle English == === Adverb === tomorrow alternative form of tomorwe === Noun === tomorrow (uncountable) alternative form of tomorwe