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- DictionarySome·time/ˈsəmˌtīm/
adverb
- 1. at some unspecified or unknown time: "you must come and have supper sometime"
adjective
- 1. former: "the sometime editor of the paper"
- 2. occasional: North American "a sometime contributor"
adverb. uk / ˈsʌmtaɪm / us. Add to word list. Add to word list. used to refer to a time when you do not know exactly what it is or when it is not important what it is: sometime before June. sometime in the next couple of days / months. You must come over and visit sometime.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English some‧time1, some time /ˈsʌmtaɪm/ S2 adverb at a time in the future or in the past, although you do not know exactly when sometime around/in/during etc We’ll take a vacation sometime in September. Our house was built sometime around 1900. Examples from the Corpus sometime • It's a long story.
Sometime definition: at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time. See examples of SOMETIME used in a sentence.
adverb. You use sometime to refer to a time in the future or the past that is unknown or that has not yet been decided. The sales figures won't be released until sometime next month. Why don't you come and see me sometime. Synonyms: some day, one day, at some point in the future, sooner or later More Synonyms of sometime.
Sometimes means ‘not always or not often’: We usually played football at school, but sometimes we played hockey. I sometimes wonder whether I should give up my job and just travel. Sometime means ‘at an unknown or undecided time in the future or the past’: Why don’t you come over and have dinner with us sometime?
Definition of sometimes adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adj. having been formerly; former: The diplomat was a sometime professor of history at Oxford. being so only at times or to some extent: Traveling so much, he could never be more than a sometime husband. that cannot be depended upon regarding affections or loyalties: He was well rid of his sometime girlfriend.
