since

adverb · preposition · conjunctionA2

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Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

sence

1.
(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

preposition

sence

1.
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.

conjunction

sence

1.
From the time that.
I have loved you since I first met you.
I've known her since I've lived in her street, but I've not seen her out of the house since her husband died.
Since leaving school, I've completely changed.
2.
Because.
Since you didn't call, we left without you.
3.
(obsolete)When or that.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

sith sithen

Trái nghĩa

until

Cùng gốc / liên quan

ever since

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Nguồn gốc từ

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 sinds since, seit since, siden since, síðan since syne since.