tomorrow
/təˈmɒɹəʊ/
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British/təˈmɔɹəw/
tomorrow adverb: on the day after the present day.
Adverb
tomorrow (not comparable)
- 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.1711 [December?] (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Excellent New Song. Being the Intended Speech of a Famous Orator against Peace [i.e., Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham].”, in Thomas Sheridan...
- 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.1855, Charles Dickens, “The Holly-tree. Third Branch—The Bill”, in Christmas Stories […] (The Works of Charles Dickens; XV), de luxe edition, London: Chapman and Hall, published 1881, →OCLC, page 63
- 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.
- 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.1664 March 28, debate in Great Britain's House of Commons, printed in 1803 in the Journals of the House of Commons, page 538
- 'You shall go to it on to-morrow week, so make haste and get well!'1840, “Melancholy Death of Amelia V”, in The Christian Guardian (and Church of England magazine), page 60
- 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 […]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
- […] 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.1817, James Kirkton, The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, page 126
Noun
tomorrow (countable and uncountable, plural tomorrows)
- The day after the present day.
- Tomorrow will be sunny.
- '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.'1891 January, Rudyard Kipling, chapter IV, in The Light that Failed, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published March 1891, →OCLC, page 70
- 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.1965, American Flint, volume 55, page 28
tomorrow meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tomorrow in Hindi
- on the day after the present day
- कल kal, सुबह subah
- the day after the present day
- कल - can also refer to yesterday kal, आगामी āgāmī, आगमी āgmī, आगामिक āgāmik, आनेवाला ānevālā
tomorrow in Tamil
- on the day after the present day
- நாளை nāḷai
tomorrow in Marathi
- on the day after the present day
- उद्या udyā
- the day after the present day
- उद्या udyā
tomorrow in Urdu
- on the day after the present day
- کَل kal, فَرْدا fardā
- the day after the present day
- کل - can also refer to yesterday kal
More languagesFewer languages
- tomorrow in Bengali
- কাল kal, আগামীকাল agamikal
- tomorrow in Telugu
- రేపు rēpu
- tomorrow in Malayalam
- നാളെ nāḷe
- tomorrow in Kannada
- ನಾಳೆ nāḷe
- tomorrow in Punjabi
- ਭਲਕੇ bhalke
- tomorrow in Gujarati
- કાલે kāle, કાલ kāl
- tomorrow in Odia
- କାଲି kāli
- tomorrow in Sanskrit
- श्वस् śvas
- tomorrow in Sinhala
- හෙට heṭa
- tomorrow in Assamese
- কালি kali, অহাকালি ohakali
- tomorrow in Nepali
- भोलि bholi
- tomorrow in Pashto
- سبا sabā
- tomorrow in Tagalog
- bukas
- tomorrow in Arabic
- غَدًا ḡadan, الْغَد al-ḡad, بكرة bukra, باجر bāčir
- tomorrow in Malay
- esok, besok
- tomorrow in Indonesian
- esok, besok
- tomorrow in Persian
- فَرْدَا fardā, صُبَاح subāh, فَرْدا fardâ, سَوا savâ
- tomorrow in Thai
- พรุ่งนี้ prûng-níi, พรุ่ง prûng
- tomorrow in Vietnamese
- ngày mai, mai
- tomorrow in Myanmar
- နက်ဖြန် nakhpran
- Sindhi
- سُڀاڻي subhannay
- Kashmiri
- پَگاہ, صُبَس subas
- Dzongkha
- ནངས་པ nangs pa
Examples of tomorrow in a sentence
- All the beds of the hotel are currently occupied, but we have a free room tomorrow.
- Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.
- The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now.
Synonyms of tomorrow
Antonyms
Forms of tomorrow
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | tomorrah |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | tomorra |
| alternative form (obsolete) | to morrow |
| alternative form (dated) | to-morrow |
| Noun | |
| plural | tomorrows |
Origin of tomorrow
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.
Words formed from tomorrow
- are you doing anything tomorrow
- as if there is no tomorrow
- as if there's no tomorrow
- as if there was no tomorrow
- as if there were no tomorrow
- better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
- day after tomorrow
- jam tomorrow
- like there is no tomorrow
- like there's no tomorrow
- like there was no tomorrow
- like there were no tomorrow
- never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
- next tomorrow
- you tomorrow
- sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow
- sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow morning
- sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow
- sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow morning
- tomorrow is another day
- tomorrowish
- tomorrowless
- tomorrow never comes
- tomorrow night
- tomorrow's chip paper
- tomoz
- two days after tomorrow
- yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
- yesterday-today-tomorrow
- yestermorrow
Phrases with tomorrow
Words that rhyme with tomorrow
Questions about tomorrow
- What does tomorrow mean?
- Tomorrow means on the day after the present day.
- What is tomorrow in Hindi?
- Tomorrow in Hindi is कल (kal), सुबह (subah), कल - can also refer to yesterday (kal). See Tomorrow meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tomorrow?
- Tomorrow can be an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce tomorrow?
- Tomorrow is pronounced /təˈmɒɹəʊ/ (UK).
Words near tomorrow in the dictionary
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