What does “since” mean?
- 1
prepositionfrom a time in the past until now
I’ve lived here since 2015.
- 2
conjunctionfrom the time when something happened until now
We’ve been friends since we were kids.
- 3
conjunctionbecause
Since it was raining, we stayed home.
Since at a glance
- Part of speech
- preposition & conjunction
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /sɪns/ · SINS
How to use “since” correctly
Use “since” with a starting point (since Monday) and “for” with a length of time (for three days).
Common phrases with “since”
- since then
- ever since
- long since
“since” is on these word lists
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