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sometime

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some⋅time

  [suhm-tahym]
Use sometime in a Sentence
–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.
3. Archaic. sometimes; on some occasions.
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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see some, time

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.
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some·time   (sŭm'tīm')   
adv.  

  1. At an indefinite or unstated time: I'll meet you sometime this afternoon.

  2. At an indefinite time in the future: Let's get together sometime.

  3. Obsolete Sometimes.

  4. Archaic Formerly.

adj.  

  1. Having been at some prior time; former: a sometime secretary.

  2. Usage Problem Occasional.

Usage Note: Sometime as an adjective has been employed to mean "former" since the 15th century. Since the 1930s, people have used it to mean "occasional": the team's sometime star and sometime problem child. This latter use, however, is unacceptable to a majority of the Usage Panel. See Usage Note at someday.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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