[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/someday.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / someday

[← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/S/)

# someday

«someday» in Mova's school dictionary: **at some time in the future that is not known yet:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (someday; also some day)

### meaning for a pupil

Someday means at some time in the future that is not known yet: "Someday I'll go to Japan." It often expresses a hope or dream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and songs it shows wishes and dreams about the future. In everyday talk parents use it for "not now, maybe later". Phrases: "someday soon", "someday I'll …", "one day" (a common British way to say the same).

### examples

- Someday I want to be an astronaut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#x1)
- "Can we get a dog?" "Someday, maybe." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#x2)
- Someday we will laugh about this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#x3)
- She hopes to visit her grandparents in Ireland someday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#x4)
- Someday soon the new park will open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#x5)
- I'll learn to play the guitar someday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#x6)
- Someday the little seed will be a tall tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#x7)
- “I shall keep it, just the same,” said the Witch, laughing at her, “and someday I shall get the other one from you, too.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/#x8)

### note

Written as one word mostly in American English; British English often writes "some day" or says "one day". Do not confuse with "Sunday". "Some day" as two words can also mean "a certain day": "Let's meet some day next week."

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «someday» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/someday/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.