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Sometime definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOMETIME, adv. [some and time.]
1. Once; formerly. That fair and warlike form, in which the majesty of buried Denmark did sometime march.
2. At one time or other hereafter. [Sometime is really a compound noun, and at is understood before it; at some time.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile, former, old, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime] adv
1: at some indefinite or unstated time; "let's get together sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to be printed sometime later"

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Date: 14th century 1. archaic in the past ; formerly 2. archaic once in a while ; occasionally 3. at some time in the future <I'll do it sometime> 4. at some not specified or definitely known point of time <sometime last night> II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. having been formerly ; former, late 2. being so occasionally or in only some respects <a sometime…father who appears and disappears — Evelyn Shelby>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. & adj. --adv. 1 at some unspecified time. 2 formerly. --adj. former (the sometime mayor).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sometime Some"time`, adv. 1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly. Did they not sometime cry ``All hail'' to me? --Shak. 2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes. Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapor sometime like a bear or lion. --Shak. 3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime. ``Sometime he reckon shall.'' --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sometime Some"time`, a. Having been formerly; former; late; whilom. Our sometime sister, now our queen. --Shak. Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. --Talfourd.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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?... ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl/group

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sum'-tim: In modern English means "occasionally," and is so used in Sirach 37:14 for eniote. Otherwise the word means "at some past time," and is the translation of pote. the Revised Version (British and American) changes to "aforetime" in The Wisdom of Solomon 5:3; 1Pe 3:20; to "once" in Eph 2:13; 5:8; to "in time past" in Col 1:21; while in Col 3:7 the English Revised Version has "aforetime," the American Standard Revised Version "once." the King James Version does not distinguish between "sometime" and "sometimes."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. ad. 1. Once, formerly. 2. Now and then, at one time or other, sometimes. II. a. Former, late, whilom.

Moby Thesaurus

ancient, any time, before long, by and by, bygone, early, erstwhile, eventually, finally, fore, former, immemorial, in due time, late, old, olden, once, one day, one fine day, one fine morning, onetime, past, prehistoric, previous, primeval, primitive, prior, quondam, recent, some fine day, some sweet day, someday, somewhen, soon, sooner or later, then, ultimately, whilom, yet