sometime
some
ˈsʌm
sam
time
ˌtaÉĒm
taim
/sˈʌmta‍ÉĒm/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sometime"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋, āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

at an undetermined point in the future
sometime definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'll call you sometime tomorrow.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
1.1

āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋, āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇

at an undetermined point in the past
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sometime during the meeting, she mentioned her new project.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇

at one point in the past, but not anymore
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sometime, this town was the center of trade in the region.
āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻāχ āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āϝ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“, āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡

on some occasions or at intervals
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The king would sometime grant pardons to the wrongfully accused.
āϰāĻžāϜāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ•, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ

formerly holding a particular role or position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was the sometime leader of the youth organization.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡, āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“

happening only sometimes or intermittently
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She ’s a sometime athlete, training when possible.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞāĻŋāϟ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ

describing someone whose loyalty or affection is inconsistent or untrustworthy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their sometime partnership ended when trust broke.
āφāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ