Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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.

    seitdem, seit

    с тех пор какs tex por kak

    відто́діvidtódi

  2. Because.

    Since you didn't call, we left without you.

    weil, da

    поско́лькуposkólʹku, потому́ чтоpotomú što, так какtak kak

    тому́tomú, так якtak jak

  3. (obsolete)When or that.

Examples

4504 sentences
  1. I haven't seen her since then.

    Відтоді я її не бачив.

    ruС тех пор я её не видел.

    deIch habe sie seither nicht mehr gesehen.

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  2. She has been busy since yesterday.

    Вона зайнята відучора.

    ruОна занята со вчерашнего дня.

    deSie ist seit gestern beschäftigt.

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  3. I haven't seen him since then.

    Відтоді я його не бачив.

    ruС тех пор я его не видел.

    deIch habe ihn seitdem nicht mehr gesehen.

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  4. I haven't seen Tom since Monday.

    Я з понеділка не бачив Тома.

    ruЯ не видел Тома с понедельника.

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  5. I haven't seen Tom since October.

    Я не бачив Тома з жовтня.

    deIch habe Tom schon seit Oktober nicht mehr gesehen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
from the time that:
because:
Русский
By meaning 2
from the time that:
because:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
from the time that:
because:

Origin

From Middle English syns, synnes, contraction of earlier sithens, sithence, from sithen (“

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”).

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
from the time that:sithen
because:sith

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • three years since
  • long time since
  • years since
  • since last
  • each other since
  • since this morning
  • a while since
  • since last monday
  • since october
  • since high school
  • since the last
  • since last october

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
since — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto