Complete Definition of "since"

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English

rank|word|light|felt|249|since|use|used|began

Etymology
ME. sithence, ultimately from OE. sīþ

Pronunciation
IPA|/sɪns/, SAMPA|/sIns/
audio|en-us-since.ogg|Audio (US)

Preposition
since

  1. from (time)

#: I have known her since last year.

Translations
trans-top|from (time)
Chinese: ��
Danish: siden
Dutch: sinds, sedert
French: depuis
German: seit
Hungarian: óta
Icelandic: Síðan
Indonesian: sejak, dari, mulai, sejak dari, mulai dari
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Interlingua: de, desde, a partir de
Japanese: �� (kara), �� (yori)
Norwegian: siden
Polish: od
Portuguese: desde, a partir de
Russian: � (s)
Slovak: od
Spanish: desde
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Conjunction
since

  1. from the time that

#: I have loved you since I first met you.

  1. because

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

Translations
trans-top|from the time that
Chinese: ��, �
Danish: siden
Dutch: sinds, sedert
French: dès que
German: seitdem
trans-mid
Interlingua: desde que, post que
Portuguese: desde que, desde quando, a partir de quando
Russian: � �е� по� как (s t'e� por kak)
Spanish: desde que
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trans-top|because
Chinese: �� (yinwei), �� (youyu)
Dutch: aangezien, omdat
French: puisque (+ subj)
German: weil
Ancient Greek: γά�
Indonesian: karena
trans-mid
Interlingua: proque
Japanese: �� (tame), ��� (ni yori), ���� (ni yotte)
Polish: dlatego że, bo
Portuguese: já que, porque, pois, visto que
Russian: по�кол�к� (poskó'ku), по�ом� ��о (potomú �to), �ак как (tak kak)
Spanish: ya que, dado que, visto que, porque
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Category:English prepositions
Category:Time

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