sinceadverb
uk/sɪns/us/sɪns/B2 from a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now:
Emma went to work in New York a year ago, and we haven't seen her since.
He started working for the company in 1995, and has been there ever since (= and is still there).
I've long since (= long ago) forgotten any Latin I ever learned.
More examples
- Hostilities between the two groups have been in abeyance since last June.
- Roz has adopted one or two funny mannerisms since she's been away.
- I've been chewing the problem over since last week.
- Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect.
- Your piano playing has really come on since I last heard you play.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting from a particular time
- all along the line idiom
- as
- as of/from idiom
- count
- date
- date back
- date from sth
- ever
- forth
- forward
- from
- future
- henceforth
- hereafter
- hereinafter
- live
- onward
- onwards
- then
- thereafter
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sincepreposition
uk/sɪns/us/sɪns/A2 from a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now:
He hasn't won a game since last year.
It was the hottest October since records began.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting from a particular time
- all along the line idiom
- as
- as of/from idiom
- count
- date
- date back
- date from sth
- ever
- forth
- forward
- from
- future
- henceforth
- hereafter
- hereinafter
- live
- onward
- onwards
- then
- thereafter
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sinceconjunction
uk/sɪns/us/sɪns/since conjunction (BECAUSE)
B1 because; as:
Since we've got a few minutes to wait for the train, let's have a cup of coffee.
More examples
- I'm afraid I'm not a very good advertisement for the diet since I've actually put on weight!
- She stands a good chance, since only two people are contesting the seat and the other candidate is very unpopular.
- I can testify to the foregoing since I was actually present when it happened.
- There's no point hypothesizing about how the accident happened, since we'll never really know.
- I presume that they're not coming, since they haven't replied to the invitation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- at
- because of
- behalf
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- for
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- on sb's account idiom
- order
- owing to
- right
- sake 1
- thanks
- through
- what with idiom
- with
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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since conjunction (TIME)
B1 from a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now:
I've been very busy since I came back from holiday.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting from a particular time
- all along the line idiom
- as
- as of/from idiom
- count
- date
- date back
- date from sth
- ever
- forth
- forward
- from
- future
- henceforth
- hereafter
- hereinafter
- live
- onward
- onwards
- then
- thereafter
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