since
Part of speech: adv
prep
conj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English syns, synnes, contraction of earlier sithens, sithence, from sithen (“after, since”) ( + -s, adverbial genitive suffix), from Old English sīþþan, from the phrase sīþ þǣm (“after/since that (time)”), from sīþ (“since, after”) + þǣm dative singular of þæt. Cognate with Dutch sinds (“since”), German seit (“since”), Danish siden (“since”), Icelandic síðan (“since”) Scots syne (“since”).
Inflected forms:
form: sence
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
form: sence
pos: prep
tags: alternative
archaic
form: sence
pos: conj
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: From a specified time in the past.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.
A short/long time since
gloss: From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
pos: prep
examples: I'd known her only since the previous year, so from/since the moment we got married we’ve quarrelled.
I'd been working since six o’clock, and I was getting tired.
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.
Since the 1980s, computers have had increasing roles in all aspects of human life—including an involvement in criminal acts.
gloss: From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
pos: prep
examples: "Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite.
gloss: From the time that.
pos: conj
examples: I have loved you since I first met you.
I've known her since I've lived in her street, but I've not seen her out of the house since her husband died.
Since leaving school, I've completely changed.
He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
gloss: Because.
pos: conj
examples: Since you didn't call, we left without you.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
Since disbursement is the last step in the process of creating a mortgage instrument, the disbursement date may lag the transaction date by a considerable period.
gloss: When or that.
pos: conj
tags: obsolete
examples: O ſir Iohn, doe you remember ſince wee lay all night in the Winde-mill, in S Georges field.
Synonyms: since
sithence
Antonyms: until
while
Derived words: best thing since sliced bread
best thing since sliced pan
greatest thing since sliced bread
long since
since Adam was an oakum boy
since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard
since God was a boy
since Hector was a pup
since long
since Skippy was a pup
since when
Translations:
lang: Amharic
word: ከ ... ወዲህ
roman: kä ... wädih
lang: Arabic
word: مُنْذُ
roman: munḏu
lang: Arabic
word: من
roman: mən
lang: Arabic
word: من
roman: min
lang: Arabic
word: من
roman: min
lang: Armenian
word: սկսած
roman: sksac
lang: Armenian
word: -ից
roman: -icʻ
lang: Asturian
word: dende
lang: Asturian
word: desde
lang: Belarusian
word: з
roman: z
lang: Bengali
word: অবধি
roman: obodhi
lang: Bengali
word: থেকে
roman: theke
lang: Bengali
word: হতে
roman: hote
lang: Bengali
word: হইতে
roman: hoite
lang: Bulgarian
word: от
roman: ot
lang: Burmese
word: ကတည်းက
roman: ka.tany:ka.
lang: Catalan
word: de ... ençà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 自從 /自从
roman: zìcóng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 自
roman: zì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 從 /从
roman: cóng
lang: Czech
word: od
lang: Czech
word: od té doby
lang: Danish
word: siden
lang: Dutch
word: sinds
lang: Dutch
word: sedert
lang: Esperanto
word: ekde
lang: Esperanto
word: depost
lang: Estonian
word: alates
lang: Estonian
word: saadik
lang: Estonian
word: saati
lang: Estonian
word: peale
lang: Ewe
word: tso
lang: Finnish
word: lähtien
lang: French
word: depuis
lang: West-Frisian
word: sûnt
lang: Galician
word: desde
lang: Galician
word: dende
lang: Georgian
word: -დან
roman: -dan
lang: German
word: seit
lang: Greek
word: από
roman: apó
lang: Greek
word: εδώ και
roman: edó kai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐκ
roman: ek
lang: Haitian Creole
word: depi
lang: Hawaiian
word: mahope mai
lang: Hebrew
word: מאז
roman: me'áz
lang: Hindi
word: ... से
lang: Hungarian
word: óta
lang: Icelandic
word: síðan
lang: Ido
word: depos
lang: Indonesian
word: sejak
lang: Indonesian
word: dari
lang: Indonesian
word: mulai
lang: Indonesian
word: sejak dari
lang: Indonesian
word: mulai dari
lang: Interlingua
word: de
lang: Interlingua
word: desde
lang: Interlingua
word: a partir de
lang: Irish
word: ó
lang: Italian
word: da
lang: Italian
word: a partire da
lang: Japanese
word: …以来
roman: ...irai
lang: Japanese
word: …から
roman: ...kara
lang: Japanese
word: …より
lang: Khmer
word: ចាប់តាំងពី
roman: cap taŋ pii
lang: Khmer
word: តាំងពី
roman: taŋ pii
lang: Korean
word: 부터
roman: buteo
lang: Korean
word: 후
roman: hu
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ji ... ve
lang: Lao
word: ຕັ້ງແຕ່
roman: tang tǣ
lang: Latin
word: abhinc
lang: Latin
word: ab
lang: Latin
word: a
lang: Latvian
word: kopš
lang: Lithuanian
word: nuo
lang: Luxembourgish
word: zënter
lang: Luxembourgish
word: zanter
lang: Malay
word: sejak
lang: Malayalam
word: മുതൽ
roman: mutal
lang: Manchu
word: ᠴᡳ ᡩᡝᡵᡳ
roman: ci
lang: Norman
word: dépis
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: siden
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sidan
lang: Occitan
word: dempuèi
lang: Occitan
word: despuèi
lang: Persian
word: از
roman: az
lang: Polish
word: od
lang: Portuguese
word: desde
lang: Portuguese
word: a partir de
lang: Romanian
word: de la
lang: Romanian
word: din
lang: Russian
word: с
roman: s
lang: Scots
word: syne
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: o chionn
lang: Slovak
word: od
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: wót
lang: Spanish
word: desde
lang: Swahili
word: tangu
lang: Swedish
word: sedan
lang: Swedish
word: sen
lang: Telugu
word: నుండి
roman: nuṇḍi
lang: Telugu
word: నుంచి
roman: nuñci
lang: Thai
word: ตั้งแต่
roman: dtâng dtàe
lang: Turkish
word: beri
lang: Ukrainian
word: з
roman: z
lang: Ukrainian
word: від
roman: vid
lang: Urdu
word: ... سے
lang: Vietnamese
word: từ
lang: Vietnamese
word: từ khi
lang: Volapük
word: sis
lang: Walloon
word: dispoy
lang: Walloon
word: dispu
lang: Welsh
word: ers
lang: Welsh
word: er