someday
Americanadverb
adverb
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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.
Etymology
Origin of someday
before 900; Middle English sum day, Old English sum dæg; some, day
Example Sentences
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They stayed to themselves, kept on sharecropping, and saving every dollar they could; hoping that someday they could buy a farm of their own.
From Literature
I thought she was reassuring me that all would work out well, that someday I would find my name and have a great destiny.
From Literature
“But if they ever open up that law, I will be there with you someday.”
From Los Angeles Times
If it emerges from certain kinds of information processing, then advanced AI systems might someday meet the criteria.
From Los Angeles Times
And the higher that price is, the less money the recipient can potentially make someday by exercising those options.
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