Collocations for "since"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "since" in context.
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since
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.prep
- since the [last, first] time (that) [we met, I saw you]
- since [then] a lot has [changed, been developed]
- since [your last visit, our last meeting]
- since the [opening, closing] of
- ever since the beginning
- has been a [member, contributor] since [1995]
- have [liked, hated] (it) since I was a child
- since I was a child I have (always) [hated] it
- since I (first) [met, laid eyes on] you
- [especially, particularly] since you have [gone, seen, tried, studied]
- since you have [come all this way, spent so much]
- since this is the last time I [might, will] see you
- has been [happy, rich, poor] ever since
- haven't seen him since
- she has long since [left, been away]
'since' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AD
- November
- October
- abandoned
- acquainted
- advancement
- advent
- age
- ancient
- barely
- bear
- beginning
- behold
- birth
- blog
- boil
- boyfriend
- bread
- calm
- champion
- clap
- cold
- commute
- conception
- consumption
- creation
- crutch
- daughter
- dawn
- deaf
- dependable
- deputy
- disabled
- disorder
- dramatically
- drop
- drum
- dwarf
- elementary
- establishment
- ever
- existence
- family
- faster
- fifth
- fifty
- flu
- fortnight
- foundation
- fourth