Long Since

Definition: Long Since

Long Since

Adverb

1. Of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish.

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Synonyms: Long Since

The Past

Adverb: paleo-; archaeo-; formerly; of old, of yore; erst, whilom, erewhile, time was, ago, over; in the olden time; Noun: anciently, long ago, long since; a long while, a long time ago; years ago, yesteryear, ages ago; some time ago, some time since, some time back.

Crosswords: Long Since

A sentimental replica of a planet long since vanished. (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

It's just that it's been so long since I've seen you! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

How it's been so long since you've had sex and wondering if they've changed it? (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

It's been so long since I've skied without some crazed henchman after me. (Kim Possible; writing credit: Julie DuFine; Madellaine Paxson)

Is very clever how you figured out that I am Vladimir Tsijeremi-- Tsijiza-- Ts-Tsetsamuncze-- Tsetzunseti-- It's been so long since I said it, I forgot how to pronounce it! (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon)

I've long since retired, my son's moved away ("The Cat's in the Cradle"; performing artist: Harry Chapin)

It's been so long since I've been home (Only God Knows Why; performing artist: Kid Rock)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

That if even that had been determined, yet the knowledge of which is the eldest line of Adam's posterity, being so long since utterly lost, that in the races of mankind and families of the world, there remains not to one above another, the least pretence to be the eldest house, and to have the right of inheritance: All these premises having, as I think, been clearly made out, it is impossible that the rulers now on earth should make any benefit, or derive any the least shadow of authority from that, which is held to be the fountain of all power, Adam's private dominion and paternal jurisdiction; so that he that will not give just occasion to think that all government in the world is the product only of force and violence, and that men live together by no other rules but that of beasts, where the strongest carries it, and so lay a foundation for perpetual disorder and mischief, tumult, sedition and rebellion, (things that the followers of that hypothesis so loudly cry out against) must of necessity find out another rise of government, another original of political power, and another way of designing and knowing the persons that have it, than what Sir Robert F[ilmer] hath taught us. (Second Treatise of Government)

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These memories were almost insupportable, it was so long since they had occurred to him.

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Economic History

Bulgaria

CITUB, the successor to the trade union integrated with the former Communist Party, has long since severed its ties to the socialists, whereas Podkrepa is an independent confederation. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "long since": not long since. Additional references.

Albanian

ka kohë që. (various references)

Arabic 

‏منذ عهد بعيد (long, long ago). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отдавна (far ago, for a long time, long ago). (various references)

Czech

dávno (langsyne, long ago). (various references)

French

il y a longtemps (long ago). (various references)

Hebrew 

מימים, מזמן (long ago). (various references)

Hungarian

régóta (for a long while, from old time onwards, long ago, Syne). (various references)

Manx

rish foddey (by far), foddey er-dy-henney (lang syne, long ago), foddey dy hraa. (various references)

Pig Latin

onglay incesay

Portuguese

há muito tempo (langsyne, long time). (various references)

Russian 

издавна (since olden times, yore). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odavno (age: for ages, lang syne, long ago, long: a long time ago, old: of old, yore). (various references)

Spanish

hace poco (just, just now, lately, not long since, recently, short time ago). (various references)

Turkish

uzun zamandır (for a long time, for a long while, for ages, long), epeydir (for a long time, for ages, long), çoktandır. (various references)

Ukrainian

давно (away, far, long, long ago, long time ago). (various references)

addiu, diu, diutius. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: enclosing.

-1 letter: clonings.

-2 letters: censing, cineols, cloning, closing, cognise, coignes, conines, consign, eloigns, inclose, legions, lensing, lingoes, longies.

-3 letters: cineol, clines, clings, clones, coigne, coigns, colies, colins, conges, conies, conine, coning, conins, cosign, cosine, eloign, eloins, enolic, ensign, icones, incogs, ingles, insole, legion, lesion, linens, logics, longes, losing, nelson, nicols, nonces, nosing, oleins, online, oscine.

+1 letter: clingstone, counseling.

+2 letters: clingstones, consignable, counselings, counselling, enscrolling, ensorceling, geosyncline.

+3 letters: cocounseling, congelations, consentingly, convalescing, counsellings, ensorcelling, geosynclinal, geosynclines, schnorkeling, uncoalescing.

+4 letters: clotheslining, cocounselling, conglutinates, congressional, constellating, eugeosyncline, genuflections, hallucinogens, housecleaning.

+5 letters: congenialities, eugeosynclinal, eugeosynclines, housecleanings, magniloquences, nitroglycerins, underclothings.