sometime

some·time  (smtm)

adv.

1. At an indefinite or unstated time: I'll meet you sometime this afternoon.

2. At an indefinite time in the future: Let's get together sometime.

3. Obsolete Sometimes.

4. Archaic Formerly.

adj.

1. Having been at some prior time; former: a sometime secretary.

2. Usage Problem Occasional.

Usage Note: Sometime as an adjective has been employed to mean "former" since the 15th century. Since the 1930s, people have used it to mean "occasional": the team's sometime star and sometime problem child. This latter use, however, is unacceptable to a majority of the Usage Panel. See Usage Note at someday.

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sometime [ˈsʌmˌtaɪm]

adv

at some unspecified point of time

adj

1. (prenominal) having been at one time; former the sometime President

2. (prenominal) US occasional; infrequent

Usage: The form sometime should not be used to refer to a fairly long period of time: he has been away for some time (not for sometime)

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sometime - belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" erstwhile, one-time, onetime, quondam, former, old past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
Adv.	1.	sometime - at some indefinite or unstated time; "let's get together sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to be printed sometime later"

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sometime

adverb

some day, one day, at some point in the future, sooner or later, one of these days, by and by Why don't you come and see me sometime?

adjective

former, one-time, erstwhile, ex-, late, past, previous She was in her early thirties, a sometime actress, dancer and singer.

Usage: Sometime as a single word should only be used to refer to an unspecified point in time. When referring to a considerable length of time, you should use some time. Compare: it was some time after, that the rose garden was planted, i.e. after a considerable period of time, with it was sometime after the move that the rose garden was planted, i.e. at some unspecified point after the move, but not necessarily a long time after.

Translations

sometime [ˈsʌmtaɪm]

A. ADV

1. (in future) → algún día
you must come and see us sometime → tienes que venir a vernos algún día
I'll finish it sometime → lo voy a terminar un día de estos
sometime soon → un día de estos, antes de que pase mucho tiempo
sometime before tomorrow → antes de mañana
sometime next year → en algún momento el año que viene, el año que viene, no sé cuándo exactamente
sometime or other it will have to be done → tarde o temprano tendrá que hacerse

2. (in past) sometime last month → (en algún momento)el mes pasado, el mes pasado, no sé cuándo exactamente
the victim died sometime during the last 24 hours → la víctima murió durante las últimas 24 horas, no se sabe el momento preciso
sometime last century → en el siglo pasado, durante el siglo pasado

B. ADJ

1. (= former) → ex ..., antiguo

2. (US) (= occasional) → intermitente

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sometime [ˈsʌmtaɪm]

adv

(in future) → un de ces jours
You must come and see us sometime → Passez donc nous voir un de ces jours.
I'll finish it sometime → Je le finirai un des ces jours.
sometime next week → dans le courant de la semaine prochaine

(in past) sometime last month → dans le courant du mois dernier

adj (= former) → ancien(ne)
a sometime dancer → un ancien danseur

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sometime

adv → irgendwann; sometime or other it will have to be done → irgendwann muss es gemacht werden; write to me sometime soon → schreib mir (doch) bald (ein)mal; sometime before tomorrow → bis morgen, heute noch; sometime next year → irgendwann nächstes Jahr or im nächsten Jahr

adj attr (form) → ehemalig, früher, einstig

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sometime [ˈsʌmˌtaɪm]

1. adv → un giorno, uno di questi giorni
sometime last month → un giorno, il mese scorso
sometime before tomorrow → prima di domani
sometime next year → (nel corso del)l'anno prossimo
sometime soon → presto, uno di questi giorni
I'll finish it sometime → lo finirò uno di questi giorni
sometime or (an)other it will have to be done → bisognerà farlo prima o poi

2. adj (frm) (former) → ex

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