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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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