Definition/Meaning of since

• English - Adverb: since ( not comparable ) From a specified time in the past . I had seen him previously , but hadn't seen him since . Translations
• English - Preposition: since From (time). I have known her since last year . Antonyms until Translations
• English - Conjunction: since From the time that . I have loved you since I first met you . Because . Since you didn't call , we left without you . ( obsolete ) When or that . William Shakespeare Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St . George's field? Translations
• English - Etymology: From Middle English syns , sinnes , 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 ” ).
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /sɪn(t)s/ Rhymes: -ɪns Homophone: sense ( some dialects )