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”).
Meanings
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.
Since the 1980s, computers have had increasing roles in all aspects of human life—including an involvement in criminal acts. 2013 September-October, Simson Garfinkel, “Digital Forensics”, in American Scientist:
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
I'd been working since six o’clock, and I was getting tired.
I'd known her only since the previous year, so from/since the moment we got married we’ve quarrelled.
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. 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:
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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”).
Meanings
(not-comparable) From a specified time in the past.
th ตั้งแต่ (from a specified time in the past) · aln ce (from a specified time in the past) · uk відтоді́ (from a specified time in the past) · la ab eō tempore (from a specified time in the past) · fr depuis (from a specified time in the past) · eo ekde (from a specified time in the past) · ml മുതൽ (from a specified time in the past) · cmn 後來 /后来 (from a specified time in the past) · az etibarən (from a specified time in the past) · mnc ᡝᠪᠰᡳ (from a specified time in the past) · got 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (from a specified time in the past) · nb siden (from a specified time in the past) · km តាំងពី (from a specified time in the past) · pt desde (from a specified time in the past) · gl dende (from a specified time in the past) · bg оттогава (from a specified time in the past) · uk відто́ді (from a specified time in the past) · lv kopš tā laika (from a specified time in the past) · es desde entonces (from a specified time in the past) · sv sen dess (from a specified time in the past) · sv sedan dess (from a specified time in the past) · el από τότε (from a specified time in the past) · fi siitä lähtien (from a specified time in the past) · de seitdem (from a specified time in the past) · it da allora (from a specified time in the past) · cmn 從那以後 /从那以后 (from a specified time in the past) · sq që (from a specified time in the past) · nn sidan (from a specified time in the past) · pt desde então (from a specified time in the past) · sco syne (from a specified time in the past) · cy ers hynny (from a specified time in the past) · gl desde (from a specified time in the past) · ca d'aleshores (ençà) (from a specified time in the past) · hu azóta (from a specified time in the past) · ro de atunci (from a specified time in the past) · da siden (from a specified time in the past) · mi mai rānō (from a specified time in the past) · fi sen jälkeen (from a specified time in the past) · kmr jê pê va (from a specified time in the past) · kmr jê şûn va (from a specified time in the past) · io depose (from a specified time in the past) · kmr jê va (from a specified time in the past) · de seither (from a specified time in the past) · nl sindsdien (from a specified time in the past) · pl odtąd (from a specified time in the past) · mi mai rā anō (from a specified time in the past) · ca de llavors (ençà) (from a specified time in the past) · mi mai i (from a specified time in the past) · az bəri (from a specified time in the past) · eo de kiam (from a specified time in the past)
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”).
Meanings
From the time that.
I have loved you since I first met you.
I've known her since I've lived in her street, but I've not seen her out of the house since her husband died.
Since leaving school, I've completely changed.
He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
Because.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
Since disbursement is the last step in the process of creating a mortgage instrument, the disbursement date may lag the transaction date by a considerable period. 1970, Jack M. Guttentag, “New Series on Home Mortgage Yields Since 1951, Volume 92”, in National Bureau of Economic Research, page 132:
Since you didn't call, we left without you.
(obsolete) When or that.
O ſir Iohn, doe you remember ſince wee lay all night in the Winde-mill, in S Georges field. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 87, column 2:
lv tā kā (because) · fr depuis que (from the time that) · nn sidan (from the time that) · la quoniam (because) · nl sinds (from the time that) · fi sillä (because) · it dacché (from the time that) · zdj rangu (from the time that) · it visto che (because) · ja …ので (because) · ga ó (from the time that) · nn etter di (because) · la ex quō tempore (from the time that) · cy gan (because) · pt desde que (from the time that) · ru с тех пор как (from the time that) · nn sidan (because) · mt minn mindu (from the time that) · nb siden (from the time that) · tr -den (because) · wa puski (because) · hu mióta (from the time that) · pt uma vez que (because) · cy er (from the time that) · ia post que (from the time that) · bg тъй като (because) · gl desque (from the time that) · mk бидејќи (because) · yi זינט (from the time that) · el μια και (because) · grc ἐπειδή (from the time that) · ga ó (because) · el έκτοτε (from the time that) · nb siden (because) · el αφού (because) · fr vu que (because) · ca puix que (because) · wa dispu ki (from the time that) · cmn 因為 /因为 (because) · la postquam (from the time that) · gd on a (from the time that) · nb da (because) · it dacché (because) · fi siitä lähtien, kun (from the time that) · sl odkar (from the time that) · th ตั้งแต่ครั้ง (from the time that) · ca d'ençà que (from the time that) · grc ἐπεί (because) · vi kể từ lúc (from the time that) · sv sedan (from the time that) · gd oir (because) · cmn 自 (from the time that) · ka რაც (from the time that) · fr étant donné que (because) · it dato che (because) · ro de când (from the time that) · cs jelikož (because) · de seit (from the time that) · gl como (because) · ru так как (because) · sw tangu (from the time that) · ja …によって (because) · wa come (because) · nl omdat (because) · pl skoro (because) · ja …より (from the time that) · uk відто́ді (from the time that) · fi sen jälkeen, kun (from the time that) · es supuesto que (because) · ka მას შემდეგ, რაც (from the time that) · gl des que (from the time that) · pl ponieważ (because) · dsb dokulaž (because) · uk так як (because) · ca atès que (because) · de weil (because) · ajp طالما (because) · pt visto que (because) · km តាំងពី (from the time that) · hu mivel (because) · ee tso (from the time that) · uz modomiki (because) · kmr ji ber ku (because) · el από τότε που (from the time that) · kmr ji dema ku (from the time that) · ia proque (because) · ca com que (because) · pt porque (because) · mk чунки (because) · nl sedert (from the time that) · pt como (because) · ru поско́льку (because) · sl ker (because) · hu minthogy (because) · pt já que (because) · sv sen (from the time that) · id karena (because) · nrf dépis (from the time that) · bg откакто (from the time that) · mnc ᠣᡶᡳ (because) · kw a-ban (from the time that) · no fordi (because) · tr beri (from the time that) · la quippe quī (because) · cmn 從 /从 (from the time that) · eo ĉar (because) · km ដោយសារតែ (because) · fi koska (because) · uk тому́ (because) · de da (because) · th เนื่องจาก (because) · no ettersom (because) · nl aangezien (because) · it da quando (from the time that) · grc γάρ (because) · ja …から (from the time that) · it poiché (because) · ml മുതൽ (from the time that) · cs protože (because) · lt kadangi (because) · cmn 由於 /由于 (because) · wa dispoy ki (from the time that) · cy ers (from the time that) · cmn 自從 /自从 (from the time that) · de seitdem (from the time that) · ca des que (from the time that) · it siccome (because) · km ចាប់តាំងពី (from the time that) · sga ó (from the time that) · ajp بما إنّه (because) · el επειδή (because) · es desde que (from the time that) · pt pois (because) · pl odkąd (from the time that) · ar لِأَنَّ (because) · pl od czasu kiedy (from the time that) · ro deoarece (because) · lv kopš (from the time that) · tr için (because) · da siden (from the time that) · ms sejak (from the time that) · fa از آنجایی که (because) · ml കാരണം (because) · ru потому́ что (because) · pl od kiedy (from the time that) · it giacché (because) · fr puisque (because) · fa از زمانی که (from the time that) · swb ha iv̄o (because) · sv då (because) · ar مُنْذُ (from the time that) · es ya que (because) · hu amióta (from the time that) · ja …から (because) · cs od té doby (from the time that) · gd thoradh (because) · pt desde quando (from the time that) · wa veyanmint ki (because) · haw no ka mea (because) · ja ……により (because) · ja …ため (because) · ia desde que (from the time that)