syne
/saɪn/
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Scotland/səin/
syne adverb: subsequently; then.
Adverb
syne (not comparable)
- Subsequently; then.
- At last he comes, and on his knee
The wee tots a'thegether cling,
An' ilk yen strives to catch his ee,
Syne tugs his cwoat an' bids him sing.1866, Susanna Blamire, edited by Sidney Gilpin, Songs and Poems, page 17 - Sic a pair o' friends aa nivvor seed either before or syne.1894, Howard Pease, The Mark o' The Deil And Other Northumbrian Tales, page 20
- Synonyms:
- ensuingly
- At last he comes, and on his knee
- Late.
- [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne.W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace)
- "I had rather it came to-morrow than a month hence. Come, I know, it will; and, as your country folks say, better soon than syne […]1843, Walter Scott, Waverly, page 357
- Before now; ago.
- I eat, drink, and sleep as sound as I did twenty years syne; yes, I laugh heartily too, and find as many subjects to employ that faculty upon as ever; fools, fops, and knaves, grow as rank as formerly, yet here and there, […]1808, Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Sheperd, page 64
- Camden Lyde had come to dwell in Mapleblade, a long while syne. His father had been in times past the parish parson, and the son was kindly affectionate to the old village scenes, and to the faces that seemed in some sort to belong to him[…]1859, Old and Young, page 11
Preposition
syne
- Since.
- I've niver set fute i' Gibb's Ha' syne his father's death.1840, Howitt, Hope On, page ii
- Shoo's […] gitten fair pratty, syne Maister Allen gat wed.1880, Wooers, Banks, III, i
Synonyms of syne
Origin of syne
From Middle English syne, syn, sin, a contracted form of sithen (“since”). More at sithen.
Phrases with syne
Words that rhyme with syne
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- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
- rhine
Questions about syne
- What does syne mean?
- Syne means subsequently; then.
- What part of speech is syne?
- Syne can be an adverb or a preposition.
- How do you pronounce syne?
- Syne is pronounced /saɪn/.
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