How to pronounce since in American English

IPA /sɪns/ Syllables 1 · sihns Stress 1st syllable

SIHNS

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Americans pronounce since as SIHNS (/sɪns/). You'll hear it in sentences like "I have been in such a good mood ever since the vacation" or "So, what have you been up to since we last saw each other?" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "since".

1 syllable, 4 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

s/s/

Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.

ih/ɪ/

Drop your jaw slightly with relaxed lips. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and arch the top-front toward the roof.

n/n/

Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth. Air flows through your nose.

s/s/

Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.

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"I have been in such a good mood ever since the vacation."

ahy hav bihn ihn suhch uh GUUD MOOD EH·ver SIHNS dhuh vay·KAY·shuhn

"She has been playing the violin since she was five years old."

shee huhz bihn PLAY·uhng dhuh vahy·uh·LIHN SIHNS shee wuhz FAHYV YEERZ OHLD

"So, what have you been up to since we last saw each other?"

SOH WUHT huhv yoo bihn UHP tuh SIHNS wee last SAH EECH UH·dher

"Your communication skills have improved significantly since last year."

yor kuh·myoo·nuh·KAY·shuhn SKIHLZ huhv uhm·PROOVD suhg·NIH·fuh·kuhnt·lee SIHNS last YEER

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Is the American pronunciation of "since" different from British English?

American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "SIHNS" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.