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someday
[ suhm-dey ]
/ ˈsʌmˌdeɪ /
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adverb
at an indefinite future time.
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usage note for someday
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.
Words nearby someday
sombrero, sombrous, some, somebody, somebody up there loves me, someday, somedeal, somehow, someone, someplace, somersault
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British Dictionary definitions for someday
someday
/ (ˈsʌmˌdeɪ) /
adverb
at some unspecified time in the (distant) future
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