morrow
morrow
1 American
[mawr-oh, mor-oh]
/ ˈmɔr oʊ, ˈmɒr oʊ /
Morrow
2
American
[mawr-oh, mor-oh]
/ ˈmɔr oʊ, ˈmɒr oʊ /
noun
morrow
British
/ ˈmɒrəʊ /
noun
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the next day
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the period following a specified event
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the morning
Usage
What does morrow mean? Morrow is a literary or poetic way of saying tomorrow or the next day. In some cases, it’s also used to mean the morning or the period after something. Morrow is most often seen in old poetry and literature. No one uses the word morrow in everyday speech unless they’re trying to mimic a poetic style or sound like a character from an old play. Example: There’s never enough time today—if only we could borrow from the morrow.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of morrow
1225–75; Middle English morwe, variant of morwen, Old English morgen morning. See morn
Vocabulary lists containing morrow
Example Sentences
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Good morrow one and all and welcome to the real football factories another fascinating night of Europa League behaviour.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2021
On the morrow Fridgeir made ready to go, and many with him, Egil being one of the party.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
“On the morrow of the Republican success isolationist conceptions prevailed,” Winston Churchill wrote in “The Gathering Storm.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2017
So even when Robert received the preliminary diagnosis of a burst ulcer — and not, say, extraterrestrial fertilization — I wasn’t entirely sure he’d live to see another morrow.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2016
“Benerro can see the morrow in his flames,” the widow said.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Seventh picks in recent years have included Angel Reese, Aneesah Morrow and Veronica Burton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
“People don’t want to think about what could go wrong on vacation when they’re planning one,” said Suzanne Morrow, chief executive at InsureMyTrip, a travel-insurance comparison business.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
“We’re definitely having growing pains,” said Jeff Morrow, business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 415, whose members are thriving amid the build-out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
It took a month for Morrow to get her phone back from federal custody, while her other confiscated possessions, including her keys, have been lost, Morrow’s attorney said.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026
I closed my file on Morrow and checked my e-mail.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Old mortality scoffs and the Crome-dwellers compromise with their morrows as they may.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prisoners would be brought before a brother, not only to-day, but to-morrow, and for many morrows.
From Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers by Various
I have been taking thought for a hundred morrows, and that not patiently, but grumbling in my heart at His dealings with me.
From Paul Faber, Surgeon by George MacDonald
It registers the morrows Of lovers and winds and streams, And the face of a thousand sorrows At the postern gate of dreams.
From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Thomas Buford Meteyard
Then he waited for the morrow afterwards, and as each morrow passed he felt that more morrows must come and go, for it was quite obvious that Letta regarded him only as a brother.
From The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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