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sometime

[suhm-tahym]

adverb

  1. at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time.

    He will arrive sometime next week.

  2. at an indefinite future time.

    Come to see me sometime.

  3. Archaic.sometimes; on some occasions.

  4. Archaic.at one time; formerly.



adjective

  1. having been formerly; former.

    The diplomat was a sometime professor of history at Oxford.

  2. being so only at times or to some extent.

    Traveling so much, he could never be more than a sometime husband.

  3. that cannot be depended upon regarding affections or loyalties.

    He was well rid of his sometime girlfriend.

sometime

/ ˈʌˌٲɪ /

adverb

  1. at some unspecified point of time

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. (prenominal) having been at one time; former

    the sometime President

  2. (prenominal) occasional; infrequent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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 )
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Spelling Note

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.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sometime1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; some, time
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He told me you guys traded numbers and said you should write together sometime.

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Both programs may have to be shored up fiscally sometime in the next decade to avoid benefit cuts; the budget bill will make that process harder.

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Results are expected sometime in the next few days, officials said.

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In the meantime, experts are studying the southernmost tip of the San Andreas fault, which hasn’t had an earthquake of 7 or larger since sometime between 1721 and 1731.

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I started experimenting with homemade snack wraps sometime after McDonald’s phased them out — not out of some culinary calling, but pure necessity.

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