Meaning

2 senses
  1. 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.

    I'd known her only since the previous year, so from/since the moment we got married we’ve quarrelled.

    I'd been working since six o’clock, and I was getting tired.

    seit

    сs

    зz, відvid

  2. At certain points during that period of time.

Examples

4504 sentences
  1. I 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

  2. She has been busy since yesterday.

    Вона зайнята відучора. — deniko

    ruОна занята со вчерашнего дня. — fjay69

    deSie ist seit gestern beschäftigt. — Zaghawa

  3. 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

  4. I haven't seen Tom since Monday.

    Я з понеділка не бачив Тома. — deniko

    ruЯ не видел Тома с понедельника. — marafon

  5. 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

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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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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Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

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