since

See also: sińce and síňce

since - English

Alternative forms

sence (archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA: /sɪns/
Homophones: sense, cents, scents (some dialects)

Adverb

since (not comparable)

From a specified time in the past.
- I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.
- A short/long time since

Derived terms

ever since

Translations

Azerbaijani: bəri, etibarən
Bulgarian: оттогава (bg) (ottogava)
Catalan: de llavors (ençà), d'aleshores (ençà)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 從那以後／从那以后 (cóng nà yǐhòu), 後來／后来 (zh) (hòulái)
Dutch: sindsdien (nl)
Esperanto: de kiam
Finnish: sen jälkeen, siitä lähtien
French: depuis (fr)
Galician: dende (gl), desde (gl)
German: seitdem (de), seither (de)
Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (þanaseiþs)
Greek: από τότε (apó tóte)
Hungarian: azóta (hu)
Ido: depose (io)
Italian: da allora
Khmer: តាំងពី (taŋ pii)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ji dema ku (ku)
Latin: ab eō tempore
Latvian: kopš tā laika
Malayalam: മുതൽ (ml) (mutal)
Maori: mai rā anō, mai rānō, mai i
Polish: odtąd (pl)
Portuguese: desde (pt), desde então
Romanian: de atunci
Spanish: desde entonces
Swedish: sedan dess (formal, written language), sen dess (informal, spoken language)
Thai: ตั้งแต่ (th) (dtâng dtàe)
Welsh: ers hynny

Preposition

since

From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
1. Continuously during that period of time.
  - I have known her since last year.
2. At certain points during that period of time.

Antonyms

until

Translations

Arabic: مُنْذُ‎ (ar) (munḏu)
- Moroccan Arabic: من‎ (mən)
Armenian: սկսած (sksac), -ից (-icʿ)
Asturian: dende (ast), desde (ast)
Belarusian: з (z)
Bengali: অবধি (bn) (obodhi), থেকে (bn) (theke), হতে (hote), হইতে (hoite)
Bulgarian: от (bg) (ot)
Burmese: ကတည်းက (my) (ka.tany:ka.)
Catalan: de ... ençà
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自從／自从 (zh) (zìcóng), 自 (zh) (zì), 從／从 (zh) (cóng)
Czech: od (cs), od té doby (cs)
Danish: siden (da)
Dutch: sinds (nl), sedert (nl)
Esperanto: ekde (eo), depost (eo)
Estonian: alates, saadik, saati, peale (et)
Ewe: tso
Finnish: lähtien (fi)
French: depuis (fr)
Galician: desde (gl), dende (gl)
Georgian: -დან (-dan)
German: seit (de)
Greek: από (el) (apó), εδώ και (edó kai)
- Ancient: ἐκ (ek)
Guaraní: guive (gn)
Haitian Creole: depi
Hawaiian: mahope mai
Hebrew: מאז‎ (me'áz)
Hindi: ... से (hi) (... se)
Hungarian: óta (hu)
Icelandic: síðan (is)
Ido: depos (io)
Indonesian: sejak (id), dari (id), mulai (id), sejak dari, mulai dari
Interlingua: de (ia), desde (ia), a partir de
Irish: ó
Italian: da (it), a partire da
Japanese: …以来 (ja) (...irai), …から (ja) (...kara), …より (ja) (...yori)
Khmer: ចាប់តាំងពី (cap taŋ pii), តាំងពី (taŋ pii)
Korean: 부터 (ko) (buteo), 후 (ko) (hu)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ji ... ve (ku)
Lao: ຕັ້ງແຕ່ (tang tǣ)
Latin: abhinc (la), ab (la), a (la)
Latvian: kopš
Lithuanian: nuo
Luxembourgish: zënter (lb), zanter (lb)
Malay: sejak
Malayalam: മുതൽ (ml) (mutal)
Manchu: (both postposition) ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ᠴᡳ (colloquial) ᡩᡝᡵᡳ (deri)
Norman: dépis (Guernsey)
Norwegian: siden (no)
Occitan: dempuèi (oc), despuèi (oc)
Persian: از‎ (fa) (az)
Polish: od (pl)
Portuguese: desde (pt), a partir de (pt)
Romanian: de la, din (ro)
Russian: с (ru) (s)
Scots: syne
Scottish Gaelic: o chionn
Slovak: od
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wót
Spanish: desde (es)
Swahili: tangu (sw)
Swedish: sedan (sv) (formal, written language), sen (sv) (informal, spoken language)
Telugu: నుండి (te) (nuṇḍi), నుంచి (nuñci)
Thai: ตั้งแต่ (th) (dtâng dtàe)
Turkish: beri (tr)
Ukrainian: з (uk) (z), від (uk) (vid)
Urdu: ... سے‎ (... se)
Vietnamese: từ (vi), từ khi (vi)
Volapük: sis (vo)
Walloon: dispoy (wa), dispu (wa)
Welsh: ers, er
West Frisian: sûnt

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.
(obsolete) When or that.

Synonyms

(from the time that): sithen (obsolete); see also since
(because): sith (obsolete); see also because

Translations

Arabic: مُنْذُ‎ (ar) (munḏu)
Bulgarian: откакто (bg) (otkakto)
Catalan: d'ençà que, des que
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自從／自从 (zh) (zìcóng), 自 (zh) (zì), 從／从 (zh) (cóng)
Cornish: a-ban
Czech: od té doby (cs)
Danish: siden (da)
Dutch: sinds (nl), sedert (nl)
Ewe: tso
Finnish: siitä lähtien, kun; sen jälkeen, kun (fi)
French: depuis que (fr)
Galician: des que, desque
Georgian: რაც (rac), მას შემდეგ, რაც (mas šemdeg, rac)
German: seitdem (de), seit (de)
Greek: από τότε που (apó tóte pou), έκτοτε (el) (éktote)
- Ancient: ἐπειδή (epeidḗ)
Hungarian: mióta (hu), amióta (hu)
Interlingua: desde que, post que
Irish: ó
- Old Irish: ó
Italian: da quando, dacché
Japanese: …から (ja) (...kara), …より (ja) (...yori)
Khmer: ចាប់តាំងពី (cap taŋ pii), តាំងពី (taŋ pii)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ji dema ku (ku)
Latin: postquam (la), ex quō tempore
Latvian: kopš
Malay: sejak
Malayalam: മുതൽ (ml) (mutal)
Maltese: minn mindu
Ngazidja Comorian: rangu
Norman: dépis (Guernsey)
Norwegian: siden (no)
Persian: از زمانی که‎
Polish: od czasu kiedy, odkąd (pl), od kiedy
Portuguese: desde que, desde quando
Romanian: de când
Russian: с тех пор как (s tex por kak)
Scottish Gaelic: on a
Slovene: odkar
Spanish: desde que
Swahili: tangu (sw)
Swedish: sedan (sv) (formal, written language), sen (sv) (informal, spoken language)
Thai: ตั้งแต่ครั้ง (dtâng dtàe kráng)
Turkish: beri (tr)
Ukrainian: відто́ді (vidtódi)
Vietnamese: kể từ lúc
Walloon: dispoy ki (wa), dispu ki (wa)
Welsh: ers, er
Yiddish: זינט‎ (zint)

Arabic: لِأَنَّ‎ (liʔanna)
Bulgarian: тъй като (tǎj kato)
Catalan: puix que, atès que, com que
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 因為／因为 (zh) (yīnwèi), (more formal) 由於／由于 (zh) (yóuyú)
Czech: protože (cs), jelikož (cs)
Dutch: aangezien (nl), omdat (nl)
Finnish: koska (fi), sillä (fi)
French: puisque (fr), vu que (fr), étant donné que (fr)
German: weil (de), da (de)
Greek: αφού (el) (afoú), επειδή (el) (epeidí), μια και (el) (mia kai)
- Ancient: γάρ (gár), ἐπεί (epeí)
Hawaiian: no ka mea
Hungarian: mivel (hu), minthogy (hu)
Indonesian: karena (id)
Interlingua: proque
Irish: ó
Italian: poiché (it), giacché (it), dacché, sicché (obsolete), siccome (it), visto che (it), dato che
Japanese: …ので (ja) (…node), …ため (ja) (…tame), ……により (…ni yori), …によって (ja) (…ni yotte), …から (ja) (…kara)
Khmer: ដោយសារតែ (daoy saa tae)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ji ber ku (ku)
Latin: quoniam (la), quippe quī
Latvian: tā kā
Lithuanian: kadangi (lt)
Macedonian: чунки (čunki), бидејќи (bidejḱi)
Malayalam: കാരണം (ml) (kāraṇaṃ)
Maore Comorian: ha iv̄o
Norwegian: siden (no), fordi (no), da (no)
Persian: از آنجایی که‎
Polish: ponieważ (pl), skoro (pl)
Portuguese: já que (pt), porque (pt), pois (pt), visto que, uma vez que, como (pt)
Romanian: deoarece (ro)
Russian: поско́льку (ru) (poskólʹku), потому́ что (ru) (potomú što), так как (ru) (tak kak)
Scottish Gaelic: oir
Slovene: ker (sl)
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: dokulaž
Spanish: ya que (es), dado que (es), visto que, porque (es), supuesto que
Swedish: då (sv)
Thai: เนื่องจาก (th) (nêuang jàak)
Turkish: -den (tr), için (tr)
Ukrainian: тому́ (tomú), так як (tak jak)
Walloon: come (wa), puski (wa), veyanmint ki (wa)
Welsh: gan

Anagrams

*nices, censi, escin, icens, nices, scien, snice