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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
since
preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be the hottest thing since (sliced bread) (=used about someone or something that is very good and popular, so that everyone wants them)
from/since time immemorial
▪ Markets have been held here since time immemorial.
It’s yonks since
It’s yonks since we had a good night out.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(since sb was) in short pants
by/since when
▪ Chances are you will find corn syrup listed as a sweetener. Since when do we put corn in strawberry jam?
▪ Each form finishes with a summary of the work to be undertaken, by whom and by when.
▪ However, the next owner dismantled the walls in 1685, since when it has remained in a state of decay.
▪ Many did not obey, but most were close by when the storm hit.
▪ Me: No kidding, since when?
▪ Not three weeks on the Island had gone by when Mami called.
▪ The winter of Keynesian discontent probably occurred in the early 1980s, since when there have been signs of a marked rally.
▪ What was the matter with her? Since when had fitzAlan needed encouragement to show anger?
ever since
Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to be a dancer.
Ever since the accident, Martha's been too afraid to drive.
▪ He's been acting different ever since his arrest.
▪ I've been getting these pains in my back ever since I fell down the stairs.
▪ I started an exercise program five years ago, and ever since then I've felt a lot better.
▪ Joan had been an early riser ever since she was a child.
▪ Matt moved to San Francisco in 1984 to go to medical school, and he's been there ever since.
▪ We've been friends ever since we met in school.
▪ We bought this house in 1986 and have lived here ever since.
▪ Another interview revealed that ever since childhood she had been very suspicious of strangers.
▪ Federal authorities have tried to put together a criminal case against Zimmermann ever since.
▪ He's had to be kept apart from the hamsters ever since one bit him on the nose.
▪ Instantly we fell in love with the area and have been returning regularly ever since.
▪ It has been on my conscience ever since.
▪ Marsha says Michael has been difficult to control ever since she divorced his father in 1979.
▪ She behaved in this way ever since the first attempt....
since when ...?
the best/greatest thing since sliced bread
▪ Now, I didn't get it because I was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Sarah's been sick since Friday.
▪ Unemployment is now at its lowest point since World War II.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Since

Since \Since\, prep. 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 blessed thee, since my coming.
--Gen. xxx. 30.

I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients.
--Dryden.

Since

Since \Since\ (s[i^]ns), adv. [For sins, contr. fr. OE. sithens, sithenes, formed by an adverbial ending (cf. Besides) from OE. sithen, also shortened into sithe, sin, AS. si[eth][eth]an, sy[eth][eth]an, seo[eth][eth]an, afterward, then, since, after; properly, after that; fr. s[=i][eth] after, later, adv. and prep. (originally a comparative adv., akin to OS. s[=i][eth] afterward, since, OHG. s[=i]d, G. seit since, Goth. sei[thorn]us late, ni [thorn]anasei[thorn]s no longer) + [eth]on instrumental of the demonstrative and article. See That.]

  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.

    How 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.

Since

Since \Since\, conj. Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.

Since that my penitence comes after all, Imploring pardon.
--Shak.

Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyed.
--Granville.

Syn: Because; for; as; inasmuch as; considering. See Because.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
since

early 15c., synnes, from sithenes "since," from sithen (plus adverbial genitive -es), from Old English siððan "afterward, from now on, hereafter, further, later, as soon as, after that," originally sið ðan "after that," from sið "after" (see sith) + ðan, weakened form of ðam, dative of ðæt (see that).\n

\nAs a conjunction from late 14c.; as a preposition from 1510s; "from the time when," hence "as a consequence of the fact that." Modern spelling replaced syns, synnes 16c. to indicate voiceless final -s- sound. Since when? often expressing incredulity, is from 1907.

Wiktionary
since

adv. From a specified time in the past. conj. From the time that. prep. From (time).

WordNet
Wikipedia
Sińce

Sińce (formerly German Schinz) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Białogard, within Białogard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Białogard and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Sincé

Sincé is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia.

San Luis de Sincé, is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, to 30 km to the Southeastern of Sincelejo, northern Colombia. It has an average Temperature of 26,5°C and their main economic activities are agriculture, the stockbreeding and the commerce. It was founded the 10 of November of 1775 by Antonio of Torre and Miranda. At the moment it accounts with a Hospital called Hospital Local Nuestra Señora del Socorro and a Fototeca Municipal.

Since (film)

Since (aka Kennedy’s Assassination) is a 1966 film directed by Andy Warhol about the assassination of the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. The film reconstructs the assassination with both Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson present, both before and after the event. The roles in Since are performed by Warhol's "superstars" from The Factory.

The film is based on the media coverage of the assassination and the speeches of Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy as President of the United States. The film is 67 minutes long, and shot on 16 mm film in color. It has been described as unfinished.

Usage examples of "since".

Q Factor Aberrants has not previously been observed to lead to aberrancy in the offspring of such alliances, since the aberrant factors do not appear to be inherited to any significant extent.

But I have bethought me, that, since I am growing old and past the age of getting children, one of you, my sons, must abide at home to cherish me and your mother, and to lead our carles in war if trouble falleth upon us.

Now he thought that he would abide their coming and see if he might join their company, since if he crossed the water he would be on the backward way: and it was but a little while ere the head of them came up over the hill, and were presently going past Ralph, who rose up to look on them, and be seen of them, but they took little heed of him.

Since Bull Shockhead would bury his brother, and lord Ralph would seek the damsel, and whereas there is water anigh, and the sun is well nigh set, let us pitch our tents and abide here till morning, and let night bring counsel unto some of us.

CHAPTER 12 Winter Amidst of the Mountains In all this they had enough to be busy with, so that time hung not heavy on their hands, and the shadow of the Quest was nowise burdensome to them, since they wotted that they had to abide the wearing of the days till spring was come with fresh tidings.

But since we must needs part hastily, this at least I bid you, that ye abide with me for to-night, and the banquet in the great pavilion.

Intellectual-Principle, the veritable, abiding and not fluctuant since not taking intellectual quality from outside itself.

And since according to those same canonical institutions all such are to be condemned as heretics, but you holding to wiser counsel and returning to the bosom of our Holy Mother the Church have abjured, as we have said, all vile heresy, therefore we absolve you from the sentence of excommunication by which you were deservedly bound as one hateful to the Church of God.

The secrecy surrounding his operations meant that he must keep it aboard, since only in his cabin was the money safe from awkward questions.

Since they were aboard unlawfully, any punishment meted out to them was an assault, and would be the subject of a criminal charge once the men were back with their true captain.

There he abode a little, wondering at all these things and all that had befallen him since he had left Upmeads.

Binah, elected to live in the Peninsula, since the greatest concentration of intelligent aborigines now resides there.

And there were problems with these votes, since the Sem-inole County Canvassing Board had allowed Republican Party volunteers to fill in missing data on absentee-ballot applications completed by registered Republicansa violation of Florida lawand many overseas absentee ballots from members of the armed forces lacked the postmarks required by law.

Gore effort to challenge absentee votes on a legal technicality, especially since the intent of these voters was quite clear.

Recently, and in spite of himself, ever since hearing from Abies the day before, he had been thinking more and more about the children inside the cabin.