someday

someday
/sum"day'/, adv.
at an indefinite future time.
[bef. 900; ME sum day, OE sum daeg; see SOME, DAY]
Usage. The adverb SOMEDAY is written solid: Perhaps someday we will know the truth. The two-word form SOME DAY means "a specific but unnamed day": We will reschedule the meeting for some day when everyone can attend.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Someday — may refer to:A song: *Someday (musical), a song by Alan Menken, from the 1996 Disney musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame * Someday (Mariah Carey song), from the 1990 album Mariah Carey ** Someday (Rezonance Q song), 1993 cover version by… …   Wikipedia

  • Someday — (I Will Understand) Сингл Бритни Спирс Выпущен 21 сентября 2 …   Википедия

  • someday — is now commonly spelt as one word in BrE as well as AmE when it is used as an indefinite adverb: • He likes writers and wants to be one someday J. McInerney, 1988 • You can pay me back someday weblog, BrE 2005 [OEC]. When it is further qualified …   Modern English usage

  • someday — 1898 as one word, from SOME (Cf. some) + DAY (Cf. day) …   Etymology dictionary

  • someday — [adv] eventually after a while, anytime, at a future time, finally, in a time to come, on a day, one day, one fine day*, one of these days, one time, one time or another, sometime, sooner or later, subsequently, ultimately, yet; concepts 548,820… …   New thesaurus

  • someday — [sum′dā΄] adv. at some future day or time …   English World dictionary

  • Someday — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Someday peut faire référence à : Musique Someday est une chanson de CeCe Rogers Someday est une chanson de Britney Spears Someday est une chanson de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • someday — some|day [ sʌm,deı ] adverb Someday is often written as two words some day, especially in British English. at some time in the future even though you do not know when: Someday I ll meet the right woman and we ll get married. They dreamed of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • someday — UK [ˈsʌmˌdeɪ] / US adverb Summary: Someday is often written as two words some day, especially in British English. at some time in the future even though you do not know when Someday I ll meet the right woman and we ll get married. They dreamed of …   English dictionary

  • someday — some|day [ˈsʌmdeı] adv also some day at an unknown time in the future, especially a long time in the future ▪ I d like to visit Japan someday. ▪ He hopes, someday, to have his own business …   Dictionary of contemporary English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”