someday

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adverb

Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adverbsomeday (not comparable)

alternative some day

  1. not comparableSometime; at some unspecified time in the future.

    Transmit the message to the receiver / Hope for an answer someday

    1979, Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime”, in Fear of Music

    Synonyms: one day, byembye, hereafter, in the future, later, later on, one day, one of these days

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Arabic يَوْمًا مَا
  • يَوْمًا مَا (yawman mā)sometime; at some time in the future
Basque egunen batean
  • egunen bateansometime; at some time in the future
Bengali একদিন
  • একদিন (ekodin)sometime; at some time in the future
Bulgarian някой ден
  • някой ден (njakoj den)sometime; at some time in the future
Chinese Cantonese 有日
  • 有日 (jau⁵ jat⁶)sometime; at some time in the future
Chinese Mandarin 日後 /日后, 有一天
  • 日後 /日后 (rìhòu)sometime; at some time in the future
  • 有一天 (yǒuyītiān)sometime; at some time in the future
Danish en dag
  • en dagsometime; at some time in the future
Dutch op een dag, ooit
  • op een dagsometime; at some time in the future
  • ooitsometime; at some time in the future
  • eenssometime; at some time in the future
Esperanto iam
  • iamsometime; at some time in the future
Finnish jonain päivänä, joskus
  • jonain päivänäsometime; at some time in the future
  • joskussometime; at some time in the future
French un jour
  • un joursometime; at some time in the future
German eines Tages, irgendwann
  • eines Tagessometime; at some time in the future
  • irgendwannsometime; at some time in the future
Hebrew יום אחד
  • יום אחד (yom ekhád)sometime; at some time in the future
Japanese いつか
  • いつか (itsuka)sometime; at some time in the future
Korean 언젠가
  • 언젠가 (eonjen'ga)sometime; at some time in the future
Latin aliquando
  • aliquandosometime; at some time in the future
Norwegian Bokmål en dag, en eller annen dag
  • en dagsometime; at some time in the future
  • en eller annen dagsometime; at some time in the future
Polish któregoś dnia, kiedyś
  • któregoś dniasometime; at some time in the future
  • kiedyśsometime; at some time in the future
Portuguese um dia
  • um diasometime; at some time in the future
Romanian într-o zi
  • într-o zisometime; at some time in the future
Russian когда́-нибу́дь
  • когда́-нибу́дь (kogdá-nibúdʹ)sometime; at some time in the future
Scottish Gaelic lath'-eigin, latha de na làithean
  • lath'-eiginsometime; at some time in the future
  • latha de na làitheansometime; at some time in the future
Spanish algún día
  • algún díasometime; at some time in the future
Swedish någon gång
  • någon gångsometime; at some time in the future
Ukrainian коли́-не́будь
  • коли́-не́будь (kolý-nébudʹ)sometime; at some time in the future
Welsh undydd
  • undyddsometime; at some time in the future

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Cite this entry
APA

someday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/someday

MLA

“someday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/someday. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “someday,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/someday.

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