sometime

Everyday

1. Sometime means at a time that is not said exactly: come and visit sometime. tree →
2. As an adjective, sometime means former, in the past: his sometime teacher (rare). tree →

In the lessons

In maths a word of the story only; carries no number. Everyday: sometime soon, sometime next week, sometime in the morning.

Examples

• She will visit sometime next week. tree →
• Sometime in the morning he read 20 pages. tree →
• They plan to finish sometime soon. tree →
• Sometime later 4 more birds came. tree →
• Let's play together sometime. tree →
• The parcel will arrive sometime today. tree →
• Sometime in spring the swallows come back. tree →

Note

Carries no number. Trap: «sometime» (one unknown time) is not the same as «sometimes» (now and then, on some occasions) or «some time» (a long time: I waited for some time).

In Jewish tradition

In maths a word of the story only; carries no number. Everyday: sometime soon, sometime next week, sometime in the morning.

Examples

• And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. (Torah NUM.9.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed; or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. (Torah NUM.9.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• The explanatory notes given by this author are, nevertheless, insufficient and sometimes very incorrect. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Carries no number. Trap: «sometime» (one unknown time) is not the same as «sometimes» (now and then, on some occasions) or «some time» (a long time: I waited for some time).