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- [suhm-tahym]
- /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/
- /ˈsʌm.taɪm/
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- [suhm-tahym]
- /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/
Definitions of sometime word
- adverb sometime at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week. 1
- adverb sometime at an indefinite future time: Come to see me sometime. 1
- adverb sometime Archaic. sometimes; on some occasions. 1
- adverb sometime Archaic. at one time; formerly. 1
- adjective sometime having been formerly; former: The diplomat was a sometime professor of history at Oxford. 1
- adjective sometime being so only at times or to some extent: Traveling so much, he could never be more than a sometime husband. 1
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Origin of sometime
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at some, time
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Parts of speech for Sometime
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sometime popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sometime usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sometime
adj sometime
- aforementioned — If you refer to the aforementioned person or subject, you mean the person or subject that has already been mentioned.
- bygone — Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
- cast-off — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- castoff — thrown away; discarded; abandoned
- old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
adv sometime
- after a while — some time later
- after all — You use after all when introducing a statement which supports or helps explain something you have just said.
- at last — If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time.
- at length — If someone does something at length, they do it after a long period of time.
- at long last — finally, after difficulty, delay, or irritation
adverb sometime
- climactically — In a climactic fashion; like, or as, a climax.
- eventually — In the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of problems.
- occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
- once — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- whilom — former; erstwhile: whilom friends.
adjective sometime
- erstwhile — Former.
- ex — (of goods) sold direct from.
- exanimate — Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
- olden — of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- oldfangled — old-fashioned; of an older or former kind.
Antonyms for sometime
adj sometime
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- in a rut — stuck in routine
- in the groove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
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