Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb At an indefinite or unstated time.
  • adverb At an indefinite time in the future.
  • adverb Archaic Formerly.
  • adverb Obsolete At times; sometimes.
  • adjective Having been at some prior time; former.
  • adjective Usage Problem Occasional.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Former; whilom; late.
  • Same as sometimes.
  • At a certain time; on a certain occasion; once upon a time; once.
  • At one time; for a certain time in the past; formerly; once.
  • At an indefinite future time; by and by: as, sometime I will explain.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
  • adverb At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
  • adverb At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.
  • adverb At one time or other hereafter.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb US At an unstated or indefinite time in the future
  • adverb obsolete sometimes
  • adjective Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
  • adjective Occasional.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb at some indefinite or unstated time
  • adjective belonging to some prior time

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Examples

  • Although Terry Moore has been tapped to restart the title sometime in 2008, it remains to be seen if this will come to pass since apparently Spider-Man no longer loves Mary Jane in the Marvel Universe.

    Favorites of 2007 - Comic Books David S. Carter 2008

  • Although Terry Moore has been tapped to restart the title sometime in 2008, it remains to be seen if this will come to pass since apparently Spider-Man no longer loves Mary Jane in the Marvel Universe.

    Archive 2008-01-01 David S. Carter 2008

  • Reportedly, the company teased that there will be "something far-reaching" for the title sometime next year.

    QJ.NET Mabie A. 2010

  • Reportedly, the company teased that there will be "something far-reaching" for the title sometime next year.

    QJ.NET Mabie A. 2010

  • "But I'd definitely love to be able to try and win another title sometime soon, that's for sure."

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • According to the UK's Daily Mirror, the "Material Girl" is set to team up with Audigier to design a special collection for the label sometime this year - a collaboration that is bound to create long queues at their stores worldwide.

    nst online 2009

  • They'll release the album on the label sometime this Fall.

    Spacelab - Independent Music and Media 2009

  • According to the UK's Daily Mirror, the "Material Girl" is set to team up with Audigier to design a special collection for the label sometime this year - a collaboration that is bound to create long queues at their stores worldwide.

    nst online 2009

  • And I loved that phrase, and it kept resounding in my head and I knew I had to use it as a title sometime for something.

    In The Time of Americans: The Generation that Changed America's Role in the World 1995

  • The biggest legal news from the States of the past week is Justice Stevens's announcementthat he will retirethe day after the court concludes its term sometime in mid-June.

    The IPKat - IP news, views and mews Annsley Merelle Ward 2010

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