since

Meaning

Synonyms

seeing that

considering that

by reason of

place to leave off

closing sentence

all there is

away from

thence forward

if-then

after that

a long time

forasmuchas

from behind

from then on

from there

in view of the fact that

since then

till now

you see

long time ago

beginning with

due to the fact that

from which

starting from

reason why

from when

from this moment

inasmuc as

oweing to

having begun

from the time

it being so

functions as ad

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɪns/
Etymology

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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