until
Meaning
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- Up to the time of (something happening).
- Up to (a certain place)
- Before (a time).
- (obsolete) To; physically towards.
Synonyms
to the point that
to point that
not until
until now
right up to
on condition that
only when
till doing
even until
onward to
a moment ago
could be
not so
to the end
not before
until later
Frequency
Hyphenated as
un‧til
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʌnˈtɪl/
Etymology
From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till. Perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto. See unto.
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