1
: at some time in the future
I'll do it sometime.
2
: at some not specified or definitely known point of time
sometime last night
3
archaic
: in the past : formerly
4
archaic
: once in a while : occasionally
Synonyms
Examples of sometime in a Sentence
Adverb
We should get together sometime.
It's likely to happen sometime soon.
She will return from her trip sometime in December.
A burglar broke in sometime during the night.
The book was written sometime around the turn of the century.
Adjective
a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat
Recent Examples on the Web
Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones previously said that preliminary recommendations for which elementary schools face closures are expected sometime in early October.
—Spencer Pauley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Sep. 2024
Becket Adams, National Review, 21 July 2024
Creator-writer-director Sam Levinson cast her as teenage drug addict and sometime narrator Rue Bennett, who’s in love with a trans girl named Jules (Hunter Schafer).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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Adverb
However, in May 2024 during the Cannes Film Festival, a walk-on role in the show's fifth season was auctioned off as part of amfAR Gala, reported Variety, with presenters Winnie Harlow and Paris Jackson saying Season 5 was scheduled to begin shooting sometime in mid-2025.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones previously said that preliminary recommendations for which elementary schools face closures are expected sometime in early October.
—Spencer Pauley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Sep. 2024
Adjective
The national-security analyst’s wife and sometime co-author is charged with being a South Korean agent.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 21 July 2024
Creator-writer-director Sam Levinson cast her as teenage drug addict and sometime narrator Rue Bennett, who’s in love with a trans girl named Jules (Hunter Schafer).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Sometime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sometime. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.
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