User Contributed Dictionary
Etymology
sithence, ultimately from sīþPronunciation
- /sɪns/, /sIns/
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- Rhymes: -ɪns
Preposition
since- from (time)
- I have known her since last year.
Translations
from (time)
- Chinese: 自從 (zìcóng)
- Danish: siden
- Dutch: sinds, sedert
- French: depuis
- German: seit
- Hungarian: óta
- Icelandic: Síðan
- Indonesian: sejak, dari, mulai, sejak dari, mulai dari
- Interlingua: de, desde, a partir de
- Japanese: から, より
- Norwegian: siden
- Polish: od
- Portuguese: desde, a partir de
- Russian: с (s)
- Slovak: od
- Spanish: desde
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.
Translations
from the time that
- Chinese: 自從 (zìcóng), 自 (zì), 從 (cóng)
- Danish: siden
- Dutch: sinds, sedert
- French: dès que
- German: seitdem
- Interlingua: desde que, post que
- Portuguese: desde que, desde quando, a partir de quando
- Russian: с тех пор как (s t'eχ por kak)
- Spanish: desde que
because
- Chinese: 因為 (yīnwèi), 因 (yīn), 由於 (yóuyú)
- Dutch: aangezien, omdat
- French: puisque (+ subj)
- German: weil
- Ancient Greek: γάρ
- Indonesian: karena
- Interlingua: proque
- Japanese: ため (tame), により (ni yori), によって (ni yotte)
- Polish: dlatego że, bo
- Portuguese: já que, porque, pois, visto que
- Russian: поскольку, потому что, так как
- Spanish: supuesto que, ya que, dado que, visto que, porque
Extensive Definition
Since may refer to:
- its dictionary meaning
- Sincé, Sucre Department, Bolivia
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aeons ago, after, after all, after that,
afterwards, ages ago,
ago, as, as long as, as things go,
back, back when, backward, because, behind, being, being as how, below, cause, considering, ever since, ex
post facto, following,
for, forasmuch as, from away
back, from time immemorial, gone by, in that, in the aftermath, in
the sequel, inasmuch as, insofar as, insomuch as, into the past,
later, long since,
next, parce que, reminiscently, retroactively, retrospectively,
seeing, seeing as how,
seeing that, since long ago, since time began, subsequent to,
subsequently,
then, thereafter, thereon, thereupon, therewith, until now, whereas