Since
adv, conj, prep ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 From a specified time in the past. not-comparable
"I met him last year, but haven't seen him 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.; 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 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."
- 1 From the time that.
"I have loved you since I first met you."
- 2 Because.
"Since you didn't call, we left without you."
- 3 When or that. obsolete
"O ſir Iohn, doe you remember ſince wee lay all night in the Winde-mill, in S Georges field."
Example
More examples"I don't know how to demonstrate it, since it's too obvious!"
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”).