English Explanatory Dictionary

until

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Up to the time of (something happening); pending.
  2. Up to (a certain place)
  3. Before (a time).
  4. To; physically towards.
  5. Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.
conj
  1. Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
  2. Before (a condition becoming true).

Pronunciation

ŭn-tĭlʹ ən-tĭlʹ /ʌnˈtɪl/ /ənˈtɪl/ /ʊnˈtɪl/ /ɪnˈtɪl/ /ˈʌntəl/ En-us-until.ogg

Word forms

until

Etymology

From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto (see Modern English unto). By surface analysis, un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till.

Synonyms

till 'til up to until unto while whilom afore before

Antonyms

since

Derived words

fake it until one makes it how many stops until it ain't over until the fat lady sings it isn't over until the fat lady sings it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye lesbian until graduation never put off until tomorrow what you can do today the jug goes to the well until it breaks 'til time until expiration until all hours until further notice until hell freezes over until Kingdom come until next time until one is blue in the face until one's dying day until proven otherwise until such time as until the cows come until the cows come home until the cows freeze over until the last dog is hung until the pips squeak until the wheels fall off until we meet again up until you never miss the water until the well runs dry

Translations

Afrikaans: totdat Afrikaans: tot Albanian: deri Amharic: እስከ Arabic: حَتَّى Arabic: لغاية Arabic: إلين Arabic: حتى Arabic: تا Arabic: لحدّ Arabic: لـ Asturian: hasta Asturian: fasta Asturian: ata Asturian: ta Bashkir: тиклем Bashkir: хәтлем Bashkir: ҡәҙәр Basque: arte Belarusian: да Bengali: অবধি Bengali: পর্যন্ত Bulgarian: до Burmese: အထိ Catalan: fins Chinese Cantonese: 到 Chinese Cantonese: 至 Chinese Mandarin: 直到 Chinese Mandarin: 直至 Chinese Mandarin: 至 Ngazidja Comorian: hata mpaka Czech: do Danish: indtil Dutch: totdat Dutch: tot Esperanto: ĝis Estonian: kuni Fala: hasta Finnish: saakka Finnish: asti Finnish: kunnes French: jusque French: jusqu'à West-Frisian: oant Galician: deica Galician: endeica Georgian: -მდე German: bis German: bis zu German: bis an Greek: μέχρι Greek: ως Ancient Greek: ἕως Ancient Greek: μέχρι Ancient Greek: μέσφα Ancient Greek: ἄχρι Mbya Guarani: peve Haitian Creole: jiska Hebrew: עַד Hindi: ... तक Hungarian: -ig Icelandic: þangað til Icelandic: fyrr en Icelandic: uns Icelandic: þar til Ido: til Ingrian: saa Ingrian: nasse Ingrian: nas Ingrian: nast Ingrian: asse Ingrian: ast Ingrian: as Irish: go dtí Old Irish: co Italian: finché Italian: fino a quando Italian: fino a
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