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Meaning of SOMETIME

Pronunciation:  'sum`tIm

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adv]  at some indefinite or unstated time; "let's get together sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to be printed sometime later"
 

SOMETIME is a 8 letter word that starts with S.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
    
    
    
  2. \Some"time`\, a.
    Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
    
          Our sometime sister, now our queen.      --Shak.
    
          Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. --Talfourd.
    
    
 

 

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