{
    "term": "since",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "from a time in the past until a later past time, or until now",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's been off work since Tuesday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've lived here since 2006."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't eaten since breakfast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's been working in a bank since leaving school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Since the party she had only spoken to him once."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘They've split up.’ ‘**Since when?**’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That was years ago. I've changed jobs **since then**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used when you are showing that you are angry about something",
            "sensetop": "since when?",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Since when did he ever listen to me?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪns/",
                "audio": "si/since/since__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪns/",
                "audio": "si/since/since__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: contraction of obsolete sithence, or from dialect sin (both from dialect sithen ‘thereupon, afterwards, ever since’)."
}