sometime

adv.

1. At an indefinite or unstated time: I'll meet you sometime this afternoon.
2. At an indefinite time in the future: Let's get together sometime.
3. Obsolete. Sometimes.
4. Archaic. Formerly.

adj.

1. Having been at some prior time; former: a sometime secretary.
2. Usage Problem. Occasional.

USAGE NOTE   Sometime as an adjective has been employed to mean "former" since the 15th century. Since the 1930s, people have used it to mean "occasional": the team's sometime star and sometime problem child. This latter use, however, is unacceptable to a majority of the Usage Panel. See Usage Notes at someday.

adjective

Having been such previously: erstwhile, former, late, old, once, onetime, past, previous, quondam, whilom. See precede/follow.

IN BRIEF: At a time not known or stated.

I saw Jim sometime last month.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: belonging to some prior time
  Synonyms: erstwhile, former, once, onetime, quondam

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The adverb sometime has one meaning:

Meaning #1: at some indefinite or unstated time

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - engang
adj. - tidligere, forhenværende

idioms:

• sometime actor    forhenværende skuespiller

Nederlands (Dutch)
ooit

Français (French)
adv. - un jour, un jour ou l'autre, plus tard, dans le courant de
adj. - ancien, (US) occasionnel

idioms:

• sometime actor    ancien acteur

Deutsch (German)
adv. - irgendwann
adj. - ehemalig

idioms:

• sometime actor    früherer Schauspieler

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - κάποτε (στο παρελθόν ή στο μέλλον)
adj. - τέως, άλλοτε, περιστασιακός

idioms:

• sometime actor    περιστασιακός ηθοποιός

Italiano (Italian)
prima o poi, già

idioms:

• sometime actor    attore dilettante

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - antigamente, outrora
adj. - antigo (m)

idioms:

• sometime actor    um antigo ator
• sometime ator    antigo ator

Русский (Russian)
бывший, когда-нибудь, когда-то, как-то

idioms:

• sometime actor    бывший актер

Español (Spanish)
adv. - algún día, alguna vez, en algún momento
adj. - antiguo, ex, que ha sido

idioms:

• sometime actor    antiguamente actor, otrora actor

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - någon gång, då och då
adj. - förra, förutvarande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
在某一时候, 有时, 日后, 改天, 从前, 以前的, 某一时间

idioms:

• sometime actor    前男演员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 在某一時候, 有時, 日後, 改天, 從前
adj. - 以前的, 某一時間

idioms:

• sometime actor    前男演員

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - (미래의) 언젠가 , 때때로, 이따금
adj. - 이전의, 한때의

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 何時か
adj. - かつての

idioms:

• sometime actor    かつての俳優

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) أحيانا (صفه) في وقت ما, سابقا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮באחד הימים, פעם (בעבר או בעתיד), לשעבר (מיושן), בעבר, לפעמים‬
adj. - ‮לשעבר‬

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