since

Examples

• All

• I've had the same recurring nightmare about it ever since.

  The Gorge (2025)

• It's been a while since I've been outside.

• If you have been here since this video, hello to you.

• I literally have not got my hair done since I was pregnant.

• So it's been about a year since I started my online blog.

• I've had my lock since I was three.

• My mom has been using Clinique since I was a little boy.

• I left Montana when I was 18, moved out to Los Angeles and haven't been back since.

  Werewolf Cabal (2022)

• We've been in cars and offices and airplanes ever since.

  The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

• She walked away, and he's been wanting her back ever since.

  Mission: Impossible II (2000)

Synonyms

S

syne

vssince

• Literature

9.9

From that time until now

is the general English form used across varieties rather than only Scottish

Idioms

L

long since

87 4.6

Saying that something happened many years ago and is not true now

T

the greatest thing since sliced bread

• Informal

1 6.9

A very useful new thing that people say is great

S

since a long time ago

1 3.2

From a very long time ago up to now

S

since Hector was a pup

• UK

9.9

For a very long time

S

since the year dot

• UK

9.3

For a very long time

Surface Forms

Etymology