Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- prep. Up to the time of: We danced until dawn.
- prep. Before (a specified time): She can't leave until Friday.
- prep. Scots Unto; to.
- conj. Up to the time that: We walked until it got dark.
- conj. Before: You cannot leave until your work is finished.
- conj. To the point or extent that: I talked until I was hoarse. See Usage Note at till2.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To; unto: of place.
- To; unto; up to: of time.
- Up to the time that; till the point or degree that: preceding a clause.
Wiktionary
- prep. Up to the time of (something happening).
- prep. Before (a time).
- conj. Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
- conj. Before (a condition becoming true).
GNU Webster's 1913
- prep. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
- prep. To; up to; till; before; -- used of time.
- conj. As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See till, conj.
Etymologies
- From Old Norse und ("as far as, up to") and til ("until, up to") (Wiktionary)
- Middle English : un-, up to (from Old Norse und; see ant- in Indo-European roots) + til, till; see till2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“O ye who believe! approach not prayer while ye are drunk, until ye well know what ye say; nor yet while polluted, unless ye be passing by the way, until ye have washed yourselves.”
“But until he does that, until he gives a better or more plausible reason than he has offered against the evidence in the case, I suggest to him it will not avail him at all that he swells himself up, takes on dignity, and calls people liars.”
“Baby wrath is as free and economical of physical force as are the winsome moods, and this until the personality has developed to some extent, -- that is, _until the child reflects the contractions of those around him.”
“And when you said just now that you could stand here alone, seeing and hearing, _until -- until_ -- and then stopped, perhaps you wished to say that you could remain here until you understood it all, and knew the meaning of that mysterious pain in your heart?”
“It had always, until of late, been held the first duty of Parliament _to refuse to support Government_, _until power was in the hands of persons who were acceptable to the people_, _or while factions predominated in the Court in which the nation had no confidence_.”
“We thought we’d stack the crowns inside until — until — ””
“And, last of all, why, if this forgery was so important to him, did John Bumpus forget all about it until he stood on this table; ay, _until the rope was round his neck_? ”
“_ [ 'Hear! hear!' and cheers] And, last of all why, if this forgery was so important to him, did John Bumpus forget all about it until he stood on this table; aye, _until the rope was round his neck? _ ”
“Berlusconi, facing four separate trials over prostitution and tax fraud charges, has rejected calls to step down, repeating on Friday that he would serve out his term until 2013.”
“Curb Records sought to prevent the 44-year-old McGraw from recording or signing with another label until he fulfilled what Curb believed was his obligation for a fifth album.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘until’.
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
yours, yourself, yet, your, without, you, within, will, yourselves, would, why, with and 291 more...
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EN - eesily missspellable wirds
accessible, accommodate, achievement, acquaintance, address, advertisement, alleged, athletics, attendance, auxiliary, believe, challenge and 118 more...
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One word book titles
More popular books often have shorter titles. Here is a list of one word book titles
blink, Freakonomics, roots, sugar, banjo, rising, cane, crave, emotions, love, until, dune and 118 more...
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Time
Words related to time
time, occurrence, duration, schedule, calendar, period, continuance, event, before, until, since, after and 28 more...
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capitalcreative's Words
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See comments on pipsiculture and homosexuality, which have nothing to do with each other except that I read comments on them at around the same time on the same day.
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Writing
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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TN5 Lesson 59
forgot, door, bell, ring, rang, awake, almost, physics, final, flunk, hard, pass and 25 more...
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Dxpert's Words
typically, analysis, theorem, definitely, label, absolutely, bored, awkward, unfortunately, drastically, appointment, stopped and 36 more...
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Cohesion
even if, as though, when, although, because, as long as, as, until, before, than, whenever, while and 7 more...
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upfront words
along, end, ancient, advance, advantage, vanguard, enantiomer, enantiomorph, antic, antique, until, elope and 5 more...
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Ruby Reserved Words
alias, and, begin, break, case, class, def, defined?, do, else, elsif, end and 26 more...
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now-positions
without prepping
for, to, from, toward, in, through, with, on, against, into, at, by and 48 more...
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OM3 Lesson 28
took, forever, stand, until, sold out, briefs, undershirt, ridiculous, close to
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