since

¹since

adv \ˈsin(t)s\

Definition of SINCE

1

: from a definite past time until now <has stayed there ever since>

2

: before the present time : ago <long since dead>

3

: after a time in the past : subsequently <has since become rich>

Examples of SINCE

1. She graduated four years ago and has since married.
2. He left home two years ago and has since become a soldier.

Origin of SINCE

Middle English sins, contraction of sithens, from sithen, from Old English siththan, from sīth tham after that, from sīth after, late + tham, dative of thæt that; akin to Old High German sīd later and perhaps to Latin setius to a lesser degree

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to SINCE

Synonyms: agone [archaic], back, ago, syne [chiefly Scottish]

Antonyms: hence