tomorrow means on the day after the present day. It carries an Arena rating of 1670, earned across 15 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tomorrow ranks #2,154 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #2,377 of 17,135 for Most Malleable Words, #3,270 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #5,846 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words.
tomorrow is pronounced /təˈmɒɹəʊ/.
Why “tomorrow” is a great word
The day immediately following today, and by extension, any indefinite point in the future. From Middle English tomorwe, from Old English tō morgne ("on (the) morning"), from tō ("at, on") + morgne, dative of morgen ("morning"), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz ("morning"). Unlike “morrow,” which carries the weight of antiquity and poetry, or “yesterday,” which is fixed irrevocably in the past, “tomorrow” is the standard, neutral vessel for hope, dread, and deferral. It is the blank page of a desk calendar, the school clothes laid out on a chair, the perpetual sunrise just beyond the horizon—the fundamental, gentle faith that time will continue to grant us another chance.
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.
adv
- On the day after the present day.e.g.“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,
- At some point in the future; later one.g.“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).e.g.“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
- On the next day (following some date in the past).
noun
- The day after the present day.e.g.“Tomorrow will be sunny.”
- A future period or time.e.g.“Live for what tomorrow has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away.”
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