someday
Americanadverb
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The adverb someday is written solid: Perhaps someday we will know the truth. The two-word form some day means “a specific but unnamed day”: We will reschedule the meeting for some day when everyone can attend.
Etymology
Origin of someday
before 900; Middle English sum day, Old English sum dæg; see some, day
Explanation
The adverb someday means eventually or at some point in the future. So if you plan to visit Sri Lanka someday, you'd like to do it but you don't know exactly when it will happen. Use the word someday when you can't be specific about when something will occur. If you're not sure when you'll next see your friend who's moving to Alaska, you can say, "I'll visit you someday soon!" And if you keep planning to make homemade bread but never get around to it, you might promise yourself you'll do it someday.
Example Sentences
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Newsom has publicly pondered this decision for some time, calling it a “rocking chair” choice, one he’s likely to look back on someday to judge whether he lived up to his own ideals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
With that much debt, bondholders own the cash flows, and the equity is more like a levered bet that shareholders someday will get a piece of what’s left over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Science Center President and Chief Executive Jeffrey N. Rudolph says there is hope to someday bring the building back into service, but that its small spaces, awkward circulation and constant leaking have made that difficult.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Odds are that someday you’ll sit across from someone like me and ask whether you have enough.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
I’ve made a list of the ten great concert halls around the globe that I want to play in someday.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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