since

since · preposition

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Definitions

preposition

  1. 1.

    (preposition) From a past time until now.

  2. 2.

    (conjunction) From the time when.

  3. 3.

    (conjunction) Because; given that.

  4. 4.

    (adverb) From then until now; ago.

Related words

Antonyms: before, until
See also: after, ago, because
Synonyms: after, as, because, from

Etymology

From Middle English sins, sithen, from Old English siþþan ("since, after that, from the time that"), contraction of sīð þām ("after that"), from sīð ("late, after") + þām (dative of "that"). The spelling with c developed by analogy with hence, thence, etc.