since

English

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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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪns/, SAMPA: /sIns/

• Audio (US)

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  Rhymes: -ɪns

Adverb

since (not comparable)

1. From a specified time in the past.

   I had seen him previously, but hadn't seen him since.

Preposition

since

1. from (time)

   I have known her since last year.

Antonyms

• until

Translations

from (time)

Arabic: منذ (ar) (múndhu) Belarusian: з (be) (z) Catalan: des de (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 自從 (cmn), 自从 (cmn) (zìcóng), 自 (cmn) (zì), 從 (cmn), 从 (cmn) (cóng) Danish: siden (da) Dutch: sinds (nl), sedert (nl) Ewe: tso Finnish: lähtien (fi) French: depuis (fr) German: seit (de) Haitian Creole: depi Hebrew: מאז (he) (me'áz) Hindi: ... से (hi) (... se) Hungarian: óta (hu) Icelandic: síðan (is) Indonesian: sejak, dari, mulai, sejak dari, mulai dari

Interlingua: de, desde, a partir de Italian: da (it) Japanese: …以来 (ja) (...irai), …から (ja) (...-kara), …より (ja) (...-yori) Latin: abhinc (la), ab (la), a (la) Luxembourgish: zënter (lb), zanter (lb) Norwegian: siden (no) Persian: از (fa) (az) Polish: od (pl) Portuguese: desde (pt), a partir de (pt) Russian: с (ru) (s) Scottish Gaelic: o chionn (gd) Slovak: od (sk) Spanish: desde (es) Ukrainian: з (uk) (z), від (uk) (vid) Urdu: ... سے (ur) (... se) West Frisian: sûnt (fy)

Conjunction

since

1. from the time that

   I have loved you since I first met you.

2. because

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

Translations

from the time that

Arabic: منذ (ar) (múndhu) Catalan: des que (ca), des de que (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 自從 (cmn), 自从 (cmn) (zìcóng), 自 (cmn) (zì), 從 (cmn), 从 (cmn) (cóng) Danish: siden (da) Dutch: sinds (nl), sedert (nl) Ewe: tso Finnish: siitä lähtien, kun (fi); sen jälkeen, kun (fi) French: dès que (fr), depuis (fr)

German: seitdem (de) Interlingua: desde que, post que Japanese: …から (ja) (...-kara), …より (ja) (...-yori) Latin: cum (la) Norwegian: siden (no) Persian: از زمانی که (fa) Portuguese: desde que, desde quando, a partir de quando Russian: с тех пор как (ru) (s tex por kak) Scottish Gaelic: on a (gd) Spanish: desde que

because

Catalan: ja que (ca), com que (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 因為 (cmn), 因为 (cmn) (yīnwèi), (more formal) 由於 (cmn), 由于 (cmn) (yóuyú) Dutch: aangezien (nl), omdat (nl) Finnish: koska (fi) French: puisque (+ subj) German: weil (de) Greek: Ancient: γάρ Modern: αφού (el) Indonesian: karena (id) Interlingua: proque Italian: Poiché (it), giacché (it), dacché (it)

Japanese: …ので (ja) (…-node), …ため (ja) (…-tame), ……により (ja) (…-ni yori), …によって (ja) (…-ni yotte), …から (ja) (…-kara) Latin: quoniam (la) Macedonian: чунки (mk) (čúnki), бидејќи (mk) (bídejḱi) Norwegian: siden (no), fordi (no), da (no) Persian: از آنجایی که (fa) Polish: ponieważ (pl), skoro (pl) Portuguese: já que, porque, pois, visto que Russian: поскольку (ru) (poskól'ku), потому что (ru) (potomú što), так как (ru) (tak kak) Scottish Gaelic: oir (gd) Spanish: supuesto que (es), ya que (es), dado que (es), visto que (es), porque (es) Swedish: eftersom (sv)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: word · light · felt · #249: since · use · used · began

Anagrams

• *nices, scien

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Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: ce — 蛇 [shé]
• English: sneik — snake
• Hindi: sanp — साँप [sām̐pa]
• Spanish: sierp — sierpe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsinʃe/

Gismu

since

1. snake; x1 is a snake/serpent of species/breed x2.

Related terms

• curnu
• danlu
• respa
• vindu