sometime

sometime
sometime [{{t}}'sʌmtaɪm]
1 adverb
(a) (in future) un jour (ou l'autre), un de ces jours;
∎ you must come and see us sometime il faut que vous veniez nous voir un de ces jours;
∎ I hope we'll meet again sometime soon j'espère que nous nous reverrons bientôt;
∎ you'll have to face up to it sometime or other un jour ou l'autre il faudra bien voir les choses en face;
∎ her baby is due sometime in May elle attend son bébé pour le mois de mai;
∎ sometime after/before next April après le mois/d'ici au mois d'avril;
∎ sometime next year dans le courant de l'année prochaine
(b) (in past)
∎ she phoned sometime last week elle a téléphoné (dans le courant de) la semaine dernière;
∎ the last time I saw him was sometime in August la dernière fois que je l'ai vu, c'était en août;
∎ it happened sometime before/after the Second World War ça s'est passé avant/après la Seconde Guerre mondiale;
∎ sometime around 1920 vers 1920;
∎ sometime between 1927 and 1931 entre 1927 et 1931
2 adjective
(a) (former) ancien;
∎ Mrs Evans, the club's sometime president l'ancienne présidente du club, Mme Evans
(b) {{}}American{{}} (occasional) intermittent;
∎ he was a baseball player and sometime golfer il jouait au base-ball et parfois au golf;
∎ {{}}familiar{{}} it's very much a sometime thing c'est très épisodique□

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  • Sometime — Some time , adv. 1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly. [1913 Webster] Did they not sometime cry All hail to me? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes. [1913 Webster] Sometime… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sometime — Some time (s[u^]m t[imac]m ), a. Having been formerly; former; late; whilom. [1913 Webster] Our sometime sister, now our queen. Shak. [1913 Webster] Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. Talfourd. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sometime — [sum′tīm΄] adv. 1. at some time not known or specified 2. at some unspecified time in the future 3. Archaic a) sometimes b) formerly adj. 1. former; erstwhile [her sometime friend] …   English World dictionary

  • sometime — mid 14c., at one time or another (adv.); as an adv., late 15c. Meaning at some future time is late 14c. From SOME (Cf. some) + TIME (Cf. time). Sometimes now and then is from 1520s …   Etymology dictionary

  • sometime — ► ADVERB ▪ at some unspecified or unknown time. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ former …   English terms dictionary

  • sometime — late, former, one time, sometime All these words are used occasionally (the first two a little more than that) to describe the earlier status of a person or thing. A late husband is one that is no longer alive, whereas a former husband (or ex… …   Modern English usage

  • sometime — some|time [ sʌmtaım ] function word ** Sometime is used in the following ways: as an adverb: The store will open sometime next year. as an adjective (only before a noun): Bill Veeck, sometime baseball team owner In British English, sometime can… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sometime */*/ — UK [ˈsʌmtaɪm] / US adjective, adverb Summary: Sometime is used in the following ways: as an adverb: The shop will open sometime next year. as an adjective (only before a noun): Bill Veeck, sometime baseball team owner In British English, sometime …   English dictionary

  • sometime — /sum tuym /, adv. 1. at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week. 2. at an indefinite future time: Come to see me sometime. 3. Archaic. sometimes; on some occasions. 4. Archaic. at one time; formerly. adj …   Universalium

  • sometime — [[t]sʌ̱mtaɪm[/t]] 1) ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl/group You use sometime to refer to a time in the future or the past that is unknown or that has not yet been decided. The sales figures won t be released until sometime next month... Why don t you …   English dictionary

  • sometime — some|time1 [ˈsʌmtaım] adv also some time at a time in the future or in the past, although you do not know exactly when sometime around/in/during etc ▪ We ll take a vacation sometime in September. ▪ Our house was built sometime around 1900.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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