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sometime

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See also:some time

English

Alternative forms

some time(adverb)
some-time(adjective)
sometyme(obsolete)

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishsomtyme,som time,some tyme,sume time,sumtym,sumtyme, equivalent tosome +‎time.

Pronunciation

enPR:sŭmʹtīm',IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/
- Audio(Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation:some‧time

Adverb

sometime (notcomparable)

At anindefinite butstatedtime in thepast orfuture.
I'll see you at the pubsometime this evening.
This will certainly happensometime in the future.
It happenedsometime yesterday.
- 1995, John Frank Williams,The Quarantined Culture: Australian Reactions to Modernism, 1913–1939,page219:
  But while there remains a considerable degree of consensus that the consequence of apparently losing the plotsometime between 1914 and 1918 was the cultural and economic malaise of the 1920s and 1930s, there are still some who look back on the interwar years less with criticism than with nostalgia.
(obsolete)Sometimes.
(obsolete) At anunstatedpast orfuture time;once;formerly.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance),William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
  Did they notsometime cry "All hail" to me?

Synonyms

(at an indefinite time in the future):at some point,at some time,at some time or other,somewhen; see alsoThesaurus:sometime
(at an indefinite time in the past):at one time,in the past; see alsoThesaurus:formerly
(sometimes):

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

at an indefinite but stated time in the past or future

Assamese:কেতিয়াবা(ketiaba)
Belarusian:калі́-не́будзь(kalí-njébudzʹ),не́калі(njékali),калі́сьці(kalísʹci)
Bulgarian:ня́кога (bg)(njákoga)
Chinese:
Mandarin:日後 /日后 (zh)(rìhòu),某時 /某时 (zh)(mǒushí),下次 (zh)(xiàcì)
Cornish:neb termyn,yn neb termyn,neb prys
Czech:někdy (cs)
Dutch:ooit (nl)(literally“ever”)
Esperanto:iam (eo)
Faroese:onkuntíð
Finnish:joskus (fi),johonkin aikaan,jonakin päivänä
French:un jour ou l’autre (fr)
German:irgendwann (de),eines Tages (de)
Greek:κάποτε (el)(kápote)
Gujarati:ક્યારેક(kyārek)
Hebrew:מתישהו(matayshehu)
Hungarian:valamikor (hu)
Icelandic:einhvern tíma
Irish:am éigin
Italian:un giorno o l'altro
Japanese:いつか (ja)(itsuka)
Korean:언젠가 (ko)(eonjen'ga)
Latin:aliquandō (la)
Latvian:kaut kad
Macedonian:некогаш(nekogaš)
Mari:
Eastern Mari:ала-кунам(ala-kunam),иктаж-кунам(iktaž-kunam)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:en eller annen gang,på et eller annet tidspunkt,før eller senere
Polish:kiedyś (pl)
Portuguese:algum dia
Romanian:cândva (ro)
Russian:когда́-то (ru)(kogdá-to),когда́-нибудь (ru)(kogdá-nibudʹ)
Scottish Gaelic:uaireigin
Slovak:niekedy
Spanish:al rato,algún día (es),en algún momento
Swedish:någon gång
Telugu:ఎప్పుడో(eppuḍō)
Ukrainian:коли́сь(kolýsʹ),коли́-небудь(kolý-nebudʹ)
Welsh:rhywbryd

obsolete: sometimes—seesometimes

Adjective

sometime (notcomparable)

Former,erstwhile; at someprevious time.
mysometime friend and mentor
- c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:
  Therefore oursometime sister, now our queen / Th' imperial jointress to this warlike state
- 1832, Thomas Noon Talfourd,Ion: A Tragedy, in Five Acts:
  Ion oursometime darling, whom we prized / As a stray gift, by bounteous Heaven dismiss'd
Occasional;intermittent.
an author andsometime lecturer

Synonyms

(former):earlier,erstwhile,ex-,previous
(occasional):

Derived terms

sometimes

Translations

former

Bulgarian:бивш (bg)(bivš),някогашен (bg)(njakogašen)
Chinese:
Mandarin:please add this translation if you can
Finnish:entinen (fi)
Greek:πρώην (el) m(próin),αλλοτινός (el) m(allotinós)
Hungarian:hajdani (hu),egykori (hu),valamikori
Korean:please add this translation if you can
Latvian:bijušais,kādreizējais
Portuguese:antigo (pt)
Romanian:fost (ro),ex- (ro),anterior (ro)
Russian:бы́вший (ru)(bývšij),пре́жний (ru)(préžnij)
Spanish:please add this translation if you can

occasional—seeoccasional

Anagrams

timesome

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