sometime
Americanadverb
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at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time.
He will arrive sometime next week.
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at an indefinite future time.
Come to see me sometime.
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Archaic. sometimes; on some occasions.
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Archaic. at one time; formerly.
adjective
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having been formerly; former.
The diplomat was a sometime professor of history at Oxford.
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being so only at times or to some extent.
Traveling so much, he could never be more than a sometime husband.
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that cannot be depended upon regarding affections or loyalties.
He was well rid of his sometime girlfriend.
adverb
adjective
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(prenominal) having been at one time; former
the sometime President
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(prenominal) occasional; infrequent
Spelling
The adverb sometime is written as one word: He promised to paint the garage sometime soon. The two-word form some time means “an unspecified interval or period of time”: It will take some time for the wounds to heal.
Usage
The form sometime should not be used to refer to a fairly long period of time: he has been away for some time (not for sometime )
Etymology
Origin of sometime
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She had received a full-length down bathrobe from my stepfather sometime in the late 1970s.
But the Burbank entertainment giant is making progress on its plan to fold Hulu content into the Disney+ platform sometime next year.
From Los Angeles Times
Every January, millions of us make bold predictions without data, adopt strategies without feedback, and sign up for gym memberships that quietly autodraft until we notice the charge sometime around the Fourth of July.
"Kirsty Wark was with her. They played really great tunes, so we thought 'may not just ask her if she wants to do Pretty Ugly sometime? Amazingly, she said yes and it was brilliant."
From BBC
Thunberg was released on bail and has a court date set for sometime in March.
From Salon
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