Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sometime

/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: some-time
IPA: /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

adv

Obsolete

adv

At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.

Obsolete

adj

Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.

adj

Occasional; intermittent.

Example Sentences

"I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening."
"This will certainly happen sometime in the future."
"It happened sometime yesterday."
"But while there remains a considerable degree of consensus that the consequence of apparently losing the plot sometime between 1914 and 1918 was the cultural and economic malaise of the 1920s and 1930s, there are still some who look back on the interwar years less with criticism than with nostalgia."
"Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?"
"my sometime friend and mentor"

Etymology

From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some + time.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: somtyme

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

some time (alternative, adverb) some-time (alternative, adjective) sometyme (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

sometimey sometimes

Phrases

sometime thing sometime or other sometime or another sooner or later

Frequently Paired Words

sometimes sooner or later eventually

Synonyms

at some point at some time other somewhen at one time in the past drekly sometime somewhere along the line whenevs earlier erstwhile

Antonyms

at this point in time

Questions

How do you pronounce sometime?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/.
What does sometime mean?: At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
Where does sometime come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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