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since
- /sɪn(t)s/
Sounds like cents, scents, sense (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪns
Where it comes from
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”).
adverb sence
- From a specified time in the past. I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.
preposition sence
- Continuously during that period of time. I'd known her only since the previous year, so from/since the moment we got married we’ve quarrelled.
- At certain points during that period of time. "Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite.
