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(sĭns) pronunciation
adv.
  1. From then until now or between then and now: They left town and haven't been here since.
  2. Before now; ago: a name long since forgotten.
  3. After some point in the past; at a subsequent time: My friend has since married and moved to California.
prep.
  1. Continuously from: They have been friends since childhood.
  2. Intermittently from: She's been skiing since childhood.
conj.
  1. During the period subsequent to the time when: He hasn't been home since he graduated.
  2. Continuously from the time when: They have been friends ever since they were in grade school.
  3. Inasmuch as; because: Since you're not interested, I won't tell you about it.

[Middle English sinnes, contraction of sithenes : sithen, since (from Old English siththan : sīth, after + than , variant of thām, dative of thæt, that; see that) + -es, adv. suff.; see -s3.]


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IN BRIEF: From a time in the past until now.

pronunciation She has been roller skating since this morning.

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Common misspelling(s) of since

  • sicne
  • sinse

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Dansk (Danish)
prep. - siden, fra
conj. - siden, da, eftersom
adv. - siden

idioms:

  • long since    for længe siden

Nederlands (Dutch)
sinds, sedert, aangezien, daar

Français (French)
prep. - depuis
conj. - depuis que, puisque, comme, étant donné que
adv. - depuis

idioms:

  • long since    depuis longtemps

Deutsch (German)
prep. - seit
conj. - seit, da
adv. - seitdem

idioms:

  • long since    seit langem

Ελληνική (Greek)
prep. - από (και συνεχώς μέχρι τώρα)
conj. - από τότε που, αφότου, εφόσον, αφού
adv. - έκτοτε, στο μεταξύ

idioms:

  • long since    από πολύ καιρό

Italiano (Italian)
fin da, dato che, dacché, dal momento che

idioms:

  • long since    tanto tempo da quando

Português (Portuguese)
prep. - desde que, após
conj. - desde que, já que
adv. - desde, após

idioms:

  • long since    muito antes de

Русский (Russian)
происходивший или имевший место позже, с тех пор, после (того), тому назад

idioms:

  • long since    давно

Español (Spanish)
prep. - desde, después de
conj. - como, puesto que, ya que, porque, desde que, después que, pues que, en vista de
adv. - desde entonces, hace tiempo, ha

idioms:

  • long since    hace mucho tiempo, desde hace mucho tiempo

Svenska (Swedish)
prep. - alltsedan, alltifrån
conj. - sedan, eftersom
adv. - sedan dess, alltsedan dess

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自...以来, 从...至今, 因为, 由于, 既然, 此后, 之前, 以前, 从那时到现在

idioms:

  • long since    从前, 往昔

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
prep. - 自...以來, 從...至今
conj. - 自...以來, 從...至今, 因為, 由於, 既然
adv. - 此後, 之前, 以前, 從那時到現在

idioms:

  • long since    從前, 往昔

한국어 (Korean)
prep. - ~이래, ~이후 지금까지의 사이에
conj. - ~한 이래 죽, ~하고부터 ~이 된다
adv. - 그 후 지금까지, (현재 보다) ~전에

日本語 (Japanese)
prep. - …以来
adv. - それ以来, その後, …前に
conj. - …以来ずっと, …して以来, …なので

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف جر) بعد ذلك, في ما مضى (حرف عطف) نظرا ل, منذ (ظرف) منذ ذلك ألحين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮בינתיים, מאז‬
conj. - ‮מאז, מ-, לאחר מכן, מכיוון ש-, הואיל ו-‬
adv. - ‮מאז, מהיום ההוא, לפני זמן רב, אחרי-‬


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