ever since
From that moment
Ever since marks the starting point of something that continues to the present.
It emphasizes duration from a specific moment: Ever since the accident, she's been afraid to drive.
Since alone can do the same work, but ever intensifies the unbroken continuity: They've been inseparable ever since.
- afterwardAt a subsequent time
- eventuallyAt a later time
- whereafterAfter which event
- followingComing after another
- all alongFrom the beginning
up to now · subsequent · thenceforth · how long · longstanding · when · continuity · remained · from the start · meanwhile · chronology · stemming · consequence · always · originating · lasting · constantly · rooted
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- polarity wordsany, anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere
temporal continuity
ever sincetemporarily
For a limited time
briefly · intermittently · sporadically · for a while · on and off