until

Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).

Conjunction

  1. Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
    • Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment.
    • It took us a week before/until we got the house repainted.
    • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the...
  2. Before (a condition becoming true).
    • It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. - 1915, G[eorge]...

Origin

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 afore before until unto while whilom

Antonyms

since

Derived

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

Preposition

  1. Up to the time of (something happening); pending.
    • If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then.
    • Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there...
  2. Up to (a certain place)
    • Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left.
  3. Before (a time).
    • I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New...
    • Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that...
  4. To; physically towards.
    • He rousd himselfe full blith, and hastned them untill. - 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4:
  5. Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.
    • Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until.
    • A celebration of his life will also be held at Pete's Tavern 16705 Florida Blvd on Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 2pm until and at TJ's Lounge 11585 Plank Road on Sunday, March 4, 2018 from 2pm until. He is survived by...
    • Every Friday 2pm-until and Saturday 5pm-until[;] we are located inside the dollar general parking lot - 2020 August 5, Boutte BBQ (boutte_bbq), post on Instagram

Synonyms

till 'til up to

Antonyms

since