English English Dictionary

since in English:

1. Present Perfect

2. since

I've been here since Saturday.

Since the accident, Tom has given up hope of becoming a professional dancer.

Since I have no children, I have more time to spend doing volunteer work than parents do.

She asked him out on a date, but he said no since he thought girls should not ask boys out.

Make your airplane reservations early since flights fill up quickly around Christmas.

He went to Italy ten years ago and has lived there ever since.

Since this heater seems to be out of order, I'll have him repair it.

Everyone believes his story since there is no evidence to the contrary.

Since Tom is leaving for Boston tomorrow, today is our last chance to give this to him.

Since I recovered from my serious illness, all of creation is beautiful to me.

Since there are usually multiple websites on any given topic, I usually just click the back button when I arrive on any webpage that has pop-up advertising. I just go to the next page found by Google and hope for something less irritating.

Since he could not work out the problem that way, he tried another way.

Tom loves coming here since he thinks this place serves the only fast food worth eating.

Since it was getting even hotter, Tom peeled off another layer of clothing.

Since I live near Canada, I'd prefer to learn the kind of French spoken in Canada.

3. because

That's because you're a girl.

If you're tired, why don't you go to sleep? "Because if I go to sleep now I will wake up too early."

Because of its origins, Canadian English has features of both American and British English.

Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.

Tom had to have his stomach pumped because he had accidentally eaten some rat poison.

Tom killed Mary because he found out she had started the fire that had killed his family.

Because of some technical problem, a movie was shown in place of the announced program.

Because of heavy snow, the plane from Beijing arrived 20 minutes late.

Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness.

Needless to say, because of the accident, he will stay away from school for a while.

Tom has to be careful about what he eats at restaurants because he's allergic to many foods.

When you send a telegram, brevity is essential because you will be charged for every word.

After school, Tom usually sticks around as long as he can because he doesn't want to go home.

Roger Miller became very popular because of the success of the songs "Dang Me" and "Chug-A-Lug."

Because of a shortage of work, half the staff was discharged.

English word "since"(because) occurs in sets:

zamiana wyrazów na poziom rozszerzony

4. od

czasu, odtąd, odkąd

Trzymaj swojego psa z dala ode mnie.

5. We use present perfect in the time clause with this word if the two situations described in the main clause and time clause extend until present

English word "since"(We use present perfect in the time clause with this word if the two situations described in the main clause and time clause extend until present) occurs in sets:

Advanced Grammar in use

6. now that

I cannot drink now that I'm pregnant.

English word "since"(now that) occurs in sets:

Reported speech grama kolo

other words beginning with "S"

silver in English
similar in English
simple in English
sincere in English
sing in English
singer in English