Sometime
1:
1) At an undefined
point in time.
John
says he'll repair the chair sometime but won't say when.
The electrician says he'll come sometime next week.
I
can't remember when the Magna Carta was signed. It was sometime in the
Middle Ages.
I really
must go to the Louvre sometime. I've lived in Paris for years and never
seen it.
Sometime
2:
a) Used as an adjective
to describe a situation or position in the past.
Sometime president of Ruritania, Henri Dupont now lives in
a semi-detached house in Birmingham.
Sometime gameshow host Donald Trump uses the same techniques and talents
as president of the USA.
b) Used
as an adjective for something one
does occasionally
Chip
shop owner and sometime opera singer, Henry Bragge is a founder member
of the Scunthorp Musical Centre.
Duval is a sometime presidential advisor and self-appointed expert on
social behaviour.
Some time:
A quantity of time:
John says
he'll repair the chair when he gets some time.
Picasso lived for some time at Gisors.
Sometimes:
From time to time, when possible:
I sometimes
wonder what the world would be like if dinosaurs hadn't died out.
Sometimes,
when the pollen count is high, I get hayfever but, oddly enough, not
always.
Mary
says she can sometimes see the future.
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