Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always.

    Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.

    manchmal

    иногда́inogdá, времена́миvremenámi, поро́йporój

    де́колиdékoly, іноді́inodí, ча́сомčásom

    on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

  2. (not comparable, obsolete)On a certain occasion in the past; once.

Examples

2581 sentences
  1. People sometimes compare death to sleep.

    Люди іноді порівнюють смерть зі сном.

    ruЛюди иногда сравнивают смерть со сном.

    deDer Tod wird manchmal mit dem Schlaf verglichen.

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  2. I sometimes lie on the grass.

    Я іноді лежу на траві.

    ruЯ иногда лежу на траве.

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  3. I sometimes write to my mother.

    Я інколи пишу мамі.

    ruИногда я пишу своей матери.

    deIch schreibe manchmal meiner Mutter.

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  4. I sometimes play tennis with her.

    Іноді я граю з нею в теніс.

    ruИногда я играю с ней в теннис.

    deIch spiele manchmal Tennis mit ihr.

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  5. She sometimes writes to her son.

    Вона іноді пише синові.

    ruИногда она пишет своему сыну.

    deSie schreibt manchmal ihrem Sohn.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
on certain occasions, but not always:
Русский
By meaning 1
on certain occasions, but not always:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
on certain occasions, but not always:

Origin

From Middle English sumtymes, somtymes, som tymes, equivalent to sometime + -s (adverbial

From Middle English sumtymes, somtymes, som tymes, equivalent to sometime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare West Frisian somstiden (“sometimes”), Dutch somtijds, somwijlen (“sometimes”).

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Synonyms

46 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • sometimes does that
  • sometimes goes to
  • sometimes fall asleep
  • do that sometimes
  • sometimes does things
  • sometimes play tennis
  • still sometimes
  • sometimes walk to
  • sometimes eats lunch
  • sometimes has trouble
  • sometimes go fishing
  • sometimes sleeps on

See also

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sometimes — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto