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[syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]
ADVERB (1)
1. at some indefinite or unstated time;
- Example: "let's get together sometime"
- Example: "everything has to end sometime"
- Example: "It was to be printed sometime later"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sometime \Some"time`\ (s[u^]m"t[imac]m`), a.
Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
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Our sometime sister, now our queen. --Shak.
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Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. --Talfourd.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sometime \Some"time`\, adv.
1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
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Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me? --Shak.
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2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then;
sometimes.
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Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish,
A vapor sometime like a bear or lion. --Shak.
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3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime.
"Sometime he reckon shall." --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sometime
adv 1: at some indefinite or unstated time; "let's get together
sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to
be printed sometime later"
adj 1: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our
former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her
quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old,
onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]