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. Derek Holt:

    I detected a hint of cautious optimism that the soft patch we’re going through is something they’re prepared to look through, for now they’re still planning that first rate hike to happen ... sometime in the second half of 2022.

  2. Roger Federer:

    Rafa was still there again on clay. I was consistent last year. I think Andy Murray is on Andy Murray way back. Andy Murray still made the Masters, even though Andy Murray didn't play so well for sometime.

  3. Winston Sammut:

    They have seen an opportunity to get a decent slab of commercial assets, primarily in the Sydney market, which has been the best-performing market for sometime, but they are paying a big price in an environment where interest rates are likely go up.

  4. Phyllis Savio:

    We got to the hospital around 10:30, and by one o'clock they took him for surgery, i heard from them sometime after eight o'clock that evening that he was stable throughout the surgery and that everything had gone well.

  5. Donald Trump:

    The United States military, our coalition partners and the Syrian Democratic Forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by ISIS in Syria and Iraq. It should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100 % of the caliphate.

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