sometimesUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsʌmˌtaɪmz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sum′tīmz′)
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sometimes
- sometime ‘sometimes’ You use sometimes to say that something happens on some occasions, rather than all the time. The bus was sometimes completely full. Sometimes I wish I was back in Africa. ‘sometime’ Don't confuse sometimes with sometime. Sometime means ‘at a time in the past or future that is unknown or has not yet been decided’. Can I come and see you sometime? Sometime is often written as some time. He died some time last year. 'sometimes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affect
- after
- all right
- also
- alternate
- although
- among
- and
- another
- any more
- around
- as
- as ... as
- awake
- bath
- be
- before
- bid
- blind
- boat
- but
- café
- can
- chair
- cheers
- church
- cloakroom
- collaborate
- colour
- come
- common
- complete
- cupboard
- curiosity
- depend
- different
- during
- each
- each other
- enough
- every
- expect
- feel
- female
- film
- find
- first name
- flat
- floor
- for
Forum discussions with the word(s) "sometimes" in the title: -Travelling by plane sometimes makes me a headache. - English Only forum
'Botnets' sometimes <compromise> computers - English Only forum 'Quantum' in the sense of sometimes/off-and-on [quondam] - English Only forum 'The' is sometimes dropped before superlative adverbs in informal style. - English Only forum (A vulgar man that sometimes- but he's deep.) - English Only forum [coupons] sometimes that you can pick up at < a / the >store. - English Only forum a little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. - English Only forum After that sometimes I go for a walk - English Only forum Allen liked flaunting it sometimes. - English Only forum allied victory; sometimes; was vs. had been; - English Only forum and sometimes - English Only forum and sometimes 'swap' children at dinner - English Only forum and sometimes ditches - English Only forum And they will certainly guess wrong <some of the time><sometimes>. - English Only forum Apart from working hard, do you have to work overtime sometimes? - English Only forum Are 'as' and 'so' compatible with each other sometimes? - English Only forum arrogant - sometimes not pejorative? - English Only forum as is sometimes suggested - meaning of "suggest" - English Only forum as sometimes would/might/could <be><have been> termed clownish - English Only forum <At least> there’d be a look in his eyes sometimes, and then I knew I’d got to give in - English Only forum at times vs occasionally vs sometimes vs often - English Only forum Because sometimes an orgasm is too much work - English Only forum Besides VS.Sometimes - English Only forum boiled into what is sometimes called mush; - English Only forum brunette (sometimes offensive) - English Only forum But that sometimes needs reinforcing - English Only forum But when possible we go to the theater together and sometimes just to eat or drink something. - English Only forum <By> Liberty is sometimes - English Only forum by sometimes - English Only forum can be = sometimes? - English Only forum more...
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