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Webster's 1828 DictionarySOMETIME, adv. [some and time.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)adj Merriam Webster's
Oxford Reference Dictionaryadv. & adj. --adv. 1 at some unspecified time. 2 formerly. --adj. former (the sometime mayor). Webster's 1913 DictionarySometime 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 DictionarySometime 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 DictionaryYou 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 Encyclopediasum'-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
Moby Thesaurusancient, 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 |