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Sɪns Ago Long Time Past Adverb Bre Left

Word since
WordType (adverb)
Phonetic BrE / sɪns / NAmE / sɪns /
Example
  • he left home two weeks ago and we haven't heard from him since.
  • the original building has long since (= long before now) been demolished.
  • we were divorced two years ago and she has since remarried.
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since

(adverb)BrE / sɪns / NAmE / sɪns /
  1. from a time in the past until a later past time, or until now
    • He left home two weeks ago and we haven't heard from him since.
    • The original building has long since (= long before now) been demolished.
  2. at a time after a particular time in the past
    • We were divorced two years ago and she has since remarried.

    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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