SOMETIME

former, erstwhile(a), old, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime

(adjective) belonging to some prior time; “erstwhile friend”; “our former glory”; “the once capital of the state”; “her quondam lover”

sometime

(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

sometime (not comparable)

At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

(obsolete) Sometimes.

(obsolete) At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.

Synonyms

• (indefinite time in the future): at some point, at some time, at some time or other, somewhen; see also sometime

• (sometimes)

• (unstated past or future time): at one time, in the past; see also formerly

Adjective

sometime (not comparable)

Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.

Occasional.

Synonyms

• (former): earlier, erstwhile, ex-, previous

• (occasional)

Anagrams

• timesome

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Some"time`, a.

Definition: Having been formerly; former; late; whilom. Our sometime sister, now our queen. Shak. Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. Talfourd.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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