From then until now or between then and now, From a specified time in the past, n the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago, preposition_ Continuously from, Intermittently from, From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object, conjunction_ Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that, from the time that, because