sometime

US: /ˈsəmˌtaɪm/
UK: /sˈʌmta‍ɪm/


English Vietnamese dictionary


sometime /'sʌmtaim/
  • phó từ
    • một lúc nào đó ((cũng) some_time)
    • trước kia
    • tính từ
      • trước kia, đã có một thời kỳ
        • he was sometime Minister of Education: ông ấy đã có một thời làm Bộ trưởng bộ Giáo dục

    Advanced English dictionary


    adverb, adjective
    + adverb (also some time) at a time that you do not know exactly or has not yet been decided: I saw him sometime last summer. + We must get together sometime.
    + adjective [only before noun] (formal)
    1 used to refer to what sb used to be: Thomas Atkins, sometime vicar of this parish
    2 (AmE) used to refer to what sb does occasionally: a sometime contributor to this magazine

    Thesaurus dictionary


    adj.
    1 former, erstwhile, past, recent, one-time, quondam:
    Crawford was a sometime student of the occult.
    adv.
    2 at some time or other, someday, one day, any time, on a future occasion, when or if the opportunity arises, soon, by and by, one of these days:
    Come up and see me sometime.
    3 sooner or later, in (due) time, in the fullness of time, in the long run, one fine day, Un bel di, eventually, when all is said and done, before long, before you know it:
    You can be sure that the tax man will find out about it sometime.

    Concise English dictionary


    adj.
    +belonging to some prior time
    adv.
    +at some indefinite or unstated time