SINCE
adverb
Definitions
- 1. From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since. We since become the slaves to one man's lust. B. Jonson.
- 2. In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago. w many ages since has Virgil writ Roscommon. About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house. Sir P. Sidney.
- 3. When or that. [Obs.] Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field Shak.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
SINCE
(conjunction)
Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that. Since that my penitence comes after all, Imploring pardon. Shak. Since truth and cons...
SINCE
(preposition)
From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object. The Lord hath bles...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
