sometime
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some + time.
- Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
“my sometime friend and mentor”
“Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen / Th' imperial jointress to this warlike state”
- Occasional; intermittent.
“an author and sometime lecturer”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some + time.
- At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
“I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening.”
“This will certainly happen sometime in the future.”
- Sometimes.
- At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.
“Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?”