since

since—From the time that.

/sɪn(t)s/

Origin

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”).

adv

not-comparableFrom a specified time in the past.
“I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.”
“A short/long time since”

prep

Continuously during that period of time.
“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 Sout”
At certain points during that period of time.
“"Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite.”

conj

From the time that.
“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.”
“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.”
Because.
“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 ”
“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.”
obsoleteWhen or that.
“O ſir Iohn, doe you remember ſince wee lay all night in the Winde-mill, in S Georges field.”

Formssence(alternative, archaic)

Source: Wiktionary

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