since

Speech parts

1. since - Adverb

2. since - Preposition

3. since - Conjunction

Meaning

From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since.

In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.

When or that.

From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object.

Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

AS because for considering inasmuch as inca sith wherefore coss thence evermore about after then being
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Antonyms

however nevertheless although despite nonetheless before
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Phrases with the word

best thing since sliced bread Since Then since Adam was an oakum boy since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard since Hector was a pup since Skippy was a pup

Anagrams

escin scien snice

Examples

Perhaps, never before since the coming of the Christian era have demons appeared so openly and extensively as today. Seraphim Rose

Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that we through His poverty might be rich. Gregory of Nazianzus

The Lord withdraws when He is denied, and what is taken by the undeserving does not avail them unto salvation, since the saving grace is turned into ashes and holiness departs. Cyprian

Since love departs at dawn, create, O God, a night that has no morn. Hindi Proverb

Where shall the ox go but he must labour, since he knows how? Portuguese Proverb

He was never good since the time a yard made a coat for him. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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