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Sɪns Preposition She's Work Tuesday Lived I Eaten

Word3 since
WordType (preposition)
Phonetic /sɪns/ /sɪns/
Example
  • she's been off work since tuesday.
  • we've lived here since 2006.
  • i haven't eaten since breakfast.
  • he's been working in a bank since leaving school.
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since

(preposition)/sɪns/ /sɪns/
  1. from a time in the past until a later past time, or until now
    • She's been off work since Tuesday.
    • We've lived here since 2006.
    • I haven't eaten since breakfast.
    • He's been working in a bank since leaving school.
    • Since the party she had only spoken to him once.
    • ‘They've split up.’ ‘Since when?’
    • That was years ago. I've changed jobs since then.
  2. used when you are showing that you are angry about something
    • Since when did he ever listen to me?

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: contraction of obsolete sithence, or from dialect sin (both from dialect sithen ‘thereupon, afterwards, ever since’).
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