how to pronounce sometimes

/səmˈtaɪmz/

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sometimes is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sometimes in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and so they're so sometimes I think the …”

meanings of sometimes

adverb:

On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
On a certain occasion in the past; once.

adjective:

Former; sometime.

sometimes frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word sometimes occurs in english on average 281.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sometimes can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sometimes can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;