since

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English

Alternative forms

• sence (archaic)

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪns/
• Rhymes: -ɪns
• Homophones: sense, cents, scents (some dialects)
• Hyphenation: since

Adverb

since (not comparable)

1. From a specified time in the past.

Derived terms

• ever since

Translations

Preposition

since

1. 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.
   1. Continuously during that period of time.
   2. At certain points during that period of time.

Antonyms

• until

Derived terms

Translations

Conjunction

since

1. From the time that.
2. Because.
3. (obsolete) When or that.

Synonyms

• (from the time that): sithen (obsolete); see also Thesaurus:since
• (because): sith (obsolete); see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

Anagrams

• *nices, censi, escin, icens, nices, scien, snice