long since
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4.6
- idiom
- It's been so long since I've seen you.
- long since forgotten
- long since abandoned
- long since disappeared
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Watch on YouTubeOh, it's been so long since I've done a video like this.
- Oh, it's been so long since I've done a video like this.
- So it's been so long since I've sat down to film.
- It has been so long since I've sat in this chair and filmed a video.
- And it's been years, literally so long since I have played with anything Clinique.
- I just refused to call time of death, even when it's long since dead.
- But then when I look back, frankly, you know, now I've long since learnt to accept it.
- Oh, it's been so long since you cried on the podcast.
- But by the time that you're watching this or hearing my voice, whatever happened is long since past.
- They would not have to worry about the seniority of teachers who long since have given up really creative teaching.
Examples
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Most researchers and psychologists have long since agreed on the positive value of moderate stress.
Academic text (2008) -
It's been so long since I've been in touch with them.
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It's been so long since I heard from you.
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You know, it's been so long since I had good human eyes on this world.
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By the time we go, almost everyone has long since abandoned the place.
Fiction book (1992) -
Because humanity has long since run down the clock on climate change.
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It's been too long since my last confession.
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And, and it's been so long since I've felt so inspired, so deeply inspired.
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It has been way too long since we have honored our dear friend Belvedere.
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It's been so long since I heard from you.
Synonyms
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1.0
A long time in the past
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7.3
A long time ago
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3.5
A time very far in the past often used to begin a story
A long time ago
Long ago in the old days
Antonyms
How Long Ago
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a long time ago' is directly derivable from combining 'long' (an extended duration) with 'since' (from a point in the past), yielding a compositional temporal sense. This is a common, predictable pattern in English (and has parallels in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will generally infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Long since comes from putting long, meaning a long time, before since, meaning 'from that time until now'. You can imagine a long gap between then and now, so it means 'a long time ago'.