What does sometime mean?

Definitions for sometime
ˈsʌmˌtaɪmsome·time

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sometime.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)adverb

    belonging to some prior time

    "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

  2. sometimeadverb

    at some indefinite or unstated time

    "let's get together sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to be printed sometime later"

Wiktionary

  1. sometimeadverb

    At an unstated or indefinite time in the future

    I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening

  2. sometimeadverb

    sometimes

  3. sometimeadjective

    Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.

  4. sometimeadjective

    Occasional.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sometimeadverb

    Once; formerly.

    Etymology: some and time.

    What art thou that usurp’st this time of night,
    Together with that fair and warlike form,
    In which the majesty of buried Denmark
    Did sometime march? William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    Good sometime queen, prepare thee hence for France. Sh.

ChatGPT

  1. sometime

    At an unspecified or unknown point in time; at a certain point or moment in the future or the past.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sometimeadverb

    at a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly

  2. Sometimeadverb

    at a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes

  3. Sometimeadverb

    at one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime

  4. Sometimeadjective

    having been formerly; former; late; whilom

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sometime' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4709

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sometime in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sometime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sometime in a Sentence

  1. Wayne Kaufman:

    The Fed is setting us up for the rate hike, which is inevitable and will come sometime between now and December, stocks don't seem to be having much reaction.

  2. Reggie Jackson:

    The ball just got stuck and San Antonio made us pay for not making them work, they continued to find good shots and forced us into bad shots and turnovers. We stopped moving the ball. Sometime you think you have a shot you think you can make when you should make the pass instead -- we were guilty of that tonight.

  3. Rachel Golder:

    The oil picture is not likely to get a whole lot worse so that does help put a floor under high-yield, but there are reasons to expect a pivot point sometime around May or June.

  4. Lorraine Loots:

    I had a collection of 730 pieces and I thought it would be really sad not to show them all in one spot. We posted on Instagram, asking if there was a gallery that has a gap sometime in the year... It was incredible, towards the end of the year, I got a call from Christian Dior in France.

  5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

    We are going to have to have a negotiation about how much we are going to spend in discretionary accounts of the government this year. And all of that will commence sometime after this fiscal year, i think the Speaker and myself and the White House are going to have to discuss how to resolve our differences.

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