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some time

some time is the alternative form of sometime.

Meaning of sometime

Adverb

sometime (not comparable)

  1. At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
    • I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening.
  2. (obsolete) Sometimes.
  3. (obsolete) At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.
    • Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

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Noun

some time (uncountable)

  1. A period of some length.
    • The clergyman, Mr Reeves, was at Shang-hae for some time, and has stayed at the Rectory in 1857 when you came to talk to him about Chinese matters.1863 July 29, Edmund Hope Verney, “Letters”, in Allan Pritchard, editor, Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney, 1862-65, Vancouver: UBC Press, published 1996, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 157–158
    • I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    some time yet

Synonyms of some time

Questions about some time

What does some time mean?
Some time means a period of some length.
What is some time the alternative form of?
Some time is the alternative form of sometime.
What part of speech is some time?
Some time is a noun.

Words near some time in the dictionary

  1. some small matter
  2. some something or another
  3. some something or other
  4. some something or the other
  5. some such
  6. some time
  7. some time yet
  8. some white man's grave
  9. some white men's graves
  10. some-body
  11. some1

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