English Explanatory Dictionary

sometime

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
  2. Sometimes.
  3. At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.
adj
  1. Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
  2. Occasional; intermittent.

Pronunciation

sŭmʹtīm' /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sometime.wav

Word forms

sometime some time some-time sometyme

Etymology

From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some + time.

Synonyms

at some time other somewhen in the past drekly sometime somewhere along the line whenevs at some point at one time earlier erstwhile ex- previous

Antonyms

at this point in time

Related words

sometimes sooner or later eventually

Derived words

sometime thing sometime or other sometime or another sometimey sometimes
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