"someday" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: Univerbation of some + day. Etymology templates: {{univ|en|some|day}} Univerbation of some + day Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} someday (not comparable)
  1. Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Future Synonyms: one day, one day, some day Translations (sometime; at some time in the future): يَوْمًا مَا (yawman mā) (Arabic), egunen batean (Basque), калі́-не́будзь (kalí-njébudzʹ) (Belarusian), একদিন (ekodin) (Bengali), някой ден (njakoj den) (Bulgarian), 有日 (jau⁵ jat⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 日後 (Chinese Mandarin), 日后 (rìhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 有一天 (yǒuyītiān) (Chinese Mandarin), en dag (Danish), op een dag (Dutch), ooit (Dutch), eens (Dutch), jonain päivänä (Finnish), joskus (Finnish), un jour (French), ოდესმე (odesme) (Georgian), eines Tages (German), irgendwann (German), いつか (itsuka) (Japanese), 언젠가 (eonjen'ga) (Korean), aliquando (Latin), en dag (Norwegian Bokmål), en eller annen dag (Norwegian Bokmål), benang benang (Nyunga), sume dæġe (Old English), któregoś dnia (Polish), kiedyś (Polish), um dia (Portuguese), într-o zi (Romanian), когда́-нибу́дь (kogdá-nibúdʹ) (Russian), lath'-eigin (Scottish Gaelic), latha de na làithean (Scottish Gaelic), algún día (Spanish), någon gång (Swedish), коли́-не́будь (kolý-nébudʹ) (Ukrainian), undydd (Welsh)

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          "word": "egunen batean"
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "jonain päivänä"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "joskus"
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "odesme",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "ოდესმე"
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "roman": "itsuka",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "いつか"
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "sume dæġe"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "któregoś dnia"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "kiedyś"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "um dia"
        },
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kogdá-nibúdʹ",
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          "word": "когда́-нибу́дь"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "lath'-eigin"
        },
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "latha de na làithean"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "algún día"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "någon gång"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kolý-nébudʹ",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "коли́-не́будь"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
          "word": "undydd"
        }
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      "word": "يَوْمًا مَا"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "egunen batean"
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      "roman": "jau⁵ jat⁶",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "有日"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "日後"
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      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "日后"
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    {
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      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "有一天"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "en dag"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "word": "op een dag"
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      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "ooit"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "eens"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "jonain päivänä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "joskus"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "un jour"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "odesme",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "ოდესმე"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "eines Tages"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "irgendwann"
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      "word": "いつか"
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      "roman": "eonjen'ga",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "언젠가"
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "aliquando"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "en dag"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "en eller annen dag"
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      "lang": "Nyunga",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "benang benang"
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      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "sume dæġe"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "któregoś dnia"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "kiedyś"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "um dia"
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      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "într-o zi"
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      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "lath'-eigin"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "latha de na làithean"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "algún día"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "någon gång"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolý-nébudʹ",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
      "word": "коли́-не́будь"
    },
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      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sometime; at some time in the future",
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