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# sometime

adverb, adjective (sometime)

«sometime» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sometime means at a time that is not said exactly: come and visit sometime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#m1)
2. As an adjective, sometime means former, in the past: his sometime teacher (rare). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#x1)
- Sometime in the morning he read 20 pages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#x2)
- They plan to finish sometime soon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#x3)
- Sometime later 4 more birds came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#x4)
- Let's play together sometime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#x5)
- The parcel will arrive sometime today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#x6)
- Sometime in spring the swallows come back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sometime/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sometime/#x2)
- The explanatory notes given by this author are, nevertheless, insufficient and sometimes very incorrect. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sometime/#x3)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sometime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sometime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sometime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sometime.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sometime» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sometime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sometime» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sometime.html) on Mova free.