adverb 1.at
some indefinite or indeterminate point of
time:
He will arrive sometime next week. 2.at an indefinite future
time:
Come to see me sometime. 4.Archaic. at one
time; formerly.
adjective 5.having been formerly; former: The diplomat was a sometime professor of history at Oxford.
6.being so only at
times or to
some extent:
Traveling so much, he could never be more than a sometime husband. 7.that cannot be depended upon regarding affections or loyalties: He was well rid of his sometime girlfriend.
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Sometime
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Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English; see
some,
time Can be confused: sometime, sometimes (see usage note at the current entry).
Usage note
The adverb sometime is written as one word: He promised to paint the garage sometime soon. The two-word form some time means “an unspecified interval or period of time”: It will take some time for the wounds to heal.