sometime

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adverb

some·​time ˈsəm-ˌtīm 

1

: at some time in the future

I'll do it sometime.

2

: at some not specified or definitely known point of time

sometime last night

3

archaic : in the past : formerly

4

archaic : once in a while : occasionally

sometime

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adjective

1

: having been formerly : former, late

2

: being so occasionally or in only some respects

a sometime father

Synonyms

Adverb

• eventually
• finally
• someday
• sooner or later
• ultimately
• yet

Adjective

• erstwhile
• former
• late
• old
• once
• onetime
• other
• past
• quondam
• whilom

Examples of sometime in a Sentence

Adverb

We should get together sometime.

It's likely to happen sometime soon.

She will return from her trip sometime in December.

A burglar broke in sometime during the night.

The book was written sometime around the turn of the century.

Adjective

a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat

Recent Examples on the Web

Adverb

June 21, 2024 at 10:14 p.m. Listen to this article The Boeing Starliner spacecraft and its crew won’t return to Earth from the International Space Station until sometime in July at the earliest, NASA and Boeing said Friday evening. —Roger Simmons, Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2024

Furphy will attend with his family and is expected to be picked in the lottery or sometime in the latter stages of the 1st round. —Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2024

Adjective

Besides Parkinson as the flailing Rachel and Steadman as her sunny mother-in-law, there are Jim Howick as Rachel’s husband; their children Sam and Amy (Freya Parks); Rachel’s brother Robin (Tom Basden, who created the show) and his sometime fiancée Cherry (Tori Allen-Martin). —Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024

The New York singer-songwriter produced the album in tandem with Daniel Aged (a Frank Ocean and Kelela collaborator) and sometime War on Drugs producer Gabe Wax. —Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 14 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Adverb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sometime

1 of 2 adverb

some·​time ˈsəm-ˌtīm 

1

: at some time in the future

I'll do it sometime

2

: at some unspecified or uncertain point of time

sometime last night

sometime

2 of 2 adjective

: having been at an earlier time : former, late

sometime mayor