since
since
sÉĒns
sins
/sÉĒns/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "since"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁

used to express a period from a specific past time up to now or another specified point
since definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 've been very tired since I started the new job.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
02

āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁

used to indicate a point that marks the beginning of an ongoing condition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She has been working at the company ever since she graduated.
āϏ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāϤāĻ• āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ

used to express a reason for something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She could n't attend the party since she had a prior commitment.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āϏ⧇āχ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇

from a specific point in the past until the present time
since definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The restaurant opened last year, and it has been popular since.
āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āφāϗ⧇

at a time before the present moment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I've long since forgotten any Latin I ever learned.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋāύ āĻļāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ since āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
03

āϏ⧇āχ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇

after a particular time in the past, continuing up to the present
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She at first refused, but has since consented.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇, āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇

used to indicate the period of time between a specific past event and the present
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They moved to a new city since the last meeting.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āϏāĻ­āĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ