Sense and Since

sense [ senss ] noun (plural sens·es)

1. physical faculty: one of the faculties by which a person or animal obtains information about the physical world

2. feeling derived from the senses: a feeling derived from multiple or subtle sense impressions
Flying filled him with a sense of insecurity.

3. ability to appreciate something: the faculty whereby somebody appreciates a particular quality
She has no sense of humor.

4. moral discernment: an ability to perceive and be motivated by moral or ethical principles
instill a sense of right and wrong in the children

5. intelligence: the ability to make intelligent decisions or sound judgments
He’s got no sense at all.

6. point: useful purpose or good reason
There’s no sense in waiting any longer.

7. reasoned opinion: an opinion arrived at through reflection or perception, often as a consensus
The sense of the meeting was clearly against the proposal.

8. main idea: the essence or gist of something
What was the sense of her argument?

9. meaning: a single meaning of a word or phrase that may have many

10. logic term’s meaning: the meaning as opposed to the reference of a term or sentence

since [ sinss ] CORE MEANING: a grammatical word used to indicate that a situation has continued from a particular time or event in the past
(prep) Karen has lived in London since 1988.
(adv) She left the firm in 1980 and has since been self-employed.
(conj) He has been on a high since he got married in January.

1. preposition happening after: happening at some point or points after the stated period of time or event
The rate of job growth is higher than under any administration since 1920.
Since Ryland became commissioner in 1994, all complaints are investigated fully.

2. adverb subsequently: at some point between then and now
even when the department had an engineer, who has since retired

3. conj because: because, seeing that
He recalls that since it was fall, it was already dark by 6:00 p.m.