Definition of SINCE

since

Meanings

Adv

  • From a specified time in the past.

Prep

  • 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.
  • Continuously during that period of time.
  • 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.
  • At certain points during that period of time.

Conj

  • From the time that.
  • Because.
  • When or that.

Origin / 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”).

Antonyms

until, while

Scrabble Score: 7

since is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
since is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
since is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

since is a valid Words With Friends word