sometime
Syllables: some·time/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/
sometime adverb: at an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
Adverb
sometime (not comparable)
- At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
- I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening.
- This will certainly happen sometime in the future.
- Synonyms:
- at some point, at one time
- Sometimes.
- 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...
Adjective
sometime (not comparable)
- Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
- my sometime friend and mentor
- Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen / Th' imperial jointress to this warlike statec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Occasional; intermittent.
- an author and sometime lecturer
sometime meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sometime in Hindi
- sometime, sometime or another
- कभी-न-कभी kabhī-na-kabhī
sometime in Tamil
- சில சமயம், சில நேரம்
sometime in Urdu
- کبھی
sometime in Bengali
- কোনো এক সময়ে
More languagesFewer languages
- sometime in Telugu
- ఎప్పుడో eppuḍō
- sometime in Malayalam
- ഒരു ദിവസം, ഒരിക്കൽ, എന്നെങ്കിലും ഒരു ദിവസം, ഏതെങ്കിലും സമയത്ത്
- sometime in Kannada
- ಯಾವಾಗಲೋ, ಯಾವುದೋ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ, ಎಂದಾದರೂ, ಯಾವೊಂದು ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ
- sometime in Punjabi
- ਕਦੇ kade
- sometime in Gujarati
- ક્યારેક kyārek
- sometime in Assamese
- কেতিয়াবা ketiaba
Examples of sometime in a sentence
- It happened sometime yesterday.
- Ion our sometime darling, whom we prized / As a stray gift, by bounteous Heaven dismiss'd1832, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Ion: A Tragedy, in Five Acts:
Synonyms of sometime
- at some point
- at one time
- earlier
- erstwhile
- ex-
- previous
- at some time
- other
- somewhen
- in the past
3 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of sometime
| alternative adverb | some time |
|---|---|
| alternative adjective | some-time |
| alternative form (obsolete) | sometyme |
Origin of sometime
From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some + time.
Words formed from sometime
- sometime thing
- sometime or other
- sometime or another
- sometimey
- sometimes
Questions about sometime
- What does sometime mean?
- Sometime means at an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
- What is sometime in Hindi?
- Sometime in Hindi is कभी-न-कभी (kabhī-na-kabhī). See Sometime meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sometime in a sentence?
- It happened sometime yesterday.
- What part of speech is sometime?
- Sometime can be an adverb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sometime?
- Sometime is pronounced /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/.
Words near sometime in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sometime (page history and authors); कभी-न-कभी (Hindi) (page history and authors); sometime (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sometime (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Sometime (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sometime (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); sometime (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਦੇ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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