sometime
/ˈsʌmtʌɪm
/adverb
1At some unspecified or unknown time: you must come and have supper sometime sometime after six everybody left...
- This morning it announced plans to return £65m to investors sometime in the first six months of 2003.
- I guess this gives me an actual reason to go to Wigan sometime soon…
- James, who is based in NYC, built a house in Galway sometime ago and spends as much time possible there, where he has a number of horses.
Synonyms
some day, one day, one of these days, at some time/point in the future, at a future time/date, one of these fine days, sooner or later, by and by, in due course, in the fullness of time, in the long run
at some time, at some point;
during, in the course of
1.1 archaic At one time; formerly: the Emperor Constantine used this speech sometime unto his bishops...
- We may say unto you, as Tertullian said sometime unto the heathens.
adjective
1Former: the sometime editor of the paper...
- Just nipped out for a sandwich and saw former rapper and sometime footballer, John Barnes, walking down Pall Mall.
- Roper has been a frequent contributor to, and sometime editor of, Past and Present and History Workshop Journal.
- The occasion was the second reunion of sometime pupils from East Cape schools living in Western Australia.
Synonyms
former, past, previous, prior, foregoing, late, erstwhile, one-time, as was, ex-
formal quondam
archaic whilom
2North American Occasional: a sometime contributor...
- I am a long term subscriber and sometime contributor to the x-ray files and the letters, as well as a fellow Mainer.
- Thanks to Senor G., a sometime contributor to it, here's the Shark Tank.
- From that involvement he segued to the film industry and worked as a writer, assistant director, editor and sometime actor.
- over-veil
- overventilate
- overventilation
- overview
- overviewer
- over-violent
- overvoltage
- overvote
- overvoting
- overvulcanise
- over-vulcanization
- over-vulcanize
- overvulcanize
- over-warm
- have (or add) another string to one's bow
- have (or be on) a short fuse
- have (or eat) someone for breakfast
- have (or gain) the upper hand
- have (or get) a foot in the door
- have (or get) a leg-up on
- have (or get) itchy feet
- have (or get)one's snout (or nose) in the trough
- have (or get) one's snout (or nose) in the trough
- have (or get) someone/thing taped
- have (or get) something down to a fine art