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Since

//sɪn(t)s// adv, conj, prep

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    From a specified time in the past. not-comparable

    "I met him last year, but haven't seen him since."

Conjunction
  1. 1
    From the time that.

    "I have loved you since I first met you."

  2. 2
    Because.

    "Since you didn't call, we left without you."

  3. 3
    When or that. obsolete

    "O ſir Iohn, doe you remember ſince wee lay all night in the Winde-mill, in S Georges field."

Preposition
  1. 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.; 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."

  2. 2
    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.; 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

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”).

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