since
From a specified time in the pastFrom a specified time in the past.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)From a specified time in the past.
I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.
A short/long time since
seitdem, seither
відто́діvidtódi, відтоді́vidtodí
Examples
4504 sentencesI haven't seen her since then.
Відтоді я її не бачив. — glossboss
ruС тех пор я её не видел. — marafon
deIch habe sie seither nicht mehr gesehen. — MUIRIEL
She has been busy since yesterday.
Вона зайнята відучора. — deniko
ruОна занята со вчерашнего дня. — fjay69
deSie ist seit gestern beschäftigt. — Zaghawa
I haven't seen him since then.
Відтоді я його не бачив. — uaspeaker
ruС тех пор я его не видел. — Iolanda
deIch habe ihn seitdem nicht mehr gesehen. — BraveSentry
I haven't seen Tom since Monday.
Я з понеділка не бачив Тома. — deniko
ruЯ не видел Тома с понедельника. — marafon
I haven't seen Tom since October.
Я не бачив Тома з жовтня. — deniko
deIch habe Tom schon seit Oktober nicht mehr gesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
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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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Since and for with the present perfect — Because the lesson uses it
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.