until

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/ʌnˈtɪl/

prep 5conj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

ahead, alcoholic, better, blue, closed, done, finished, impossible

The restaurant stayed closed until the new owner finished renovations last month.

VERB + UNTIL

appreciate, begin, continue, document, doesn't, eat, eyes, go

We continued until we reached the top of the mountain just before sunset.

UNTIL + NOUN

friday, it's, peace, rescue, summer, team, th, week

We can't go to the beach until summer arrives next year.

PREP.

after, in, off, on

We waited in the station until the train arrived on time.

ADV.

abroad, skywards, theoretically

She hadn't travelled abroad until she turned thirty and saved enough money.

Definitions

prep

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 was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

Up to (a certain place)

Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left.

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 York for the West.

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 one developer likened to an "explosion."

To; physically towards.

He rousd himselfe full blith, and hastned them untill.

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 his children, […]

conj

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.

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.

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Idioms & Phrases

until the cows come home

For a very long period of time.

You can crank the engine until the cows come home, but it won’t start without fuel.

until one is blue in the face

For a hopelessly long time; used especially in respect to discussing, explaining, insisting, etc.

You can explain it until you're blue in the face, but he will never understand.

until hell freezes over

forever; without success, no matter how long one perseveres.

He can continue to be hard on himself until hell freezes over, because he's so self-centeredly pessimistic that there's nothing I can ever do to lighten him up.

it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye

Rough play results in injury.

until the last dog is hung

until the last moment.

Example Bank

If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then.

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Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left.

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Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment.

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It took us a week before/until we got the house repainted.

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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 th

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, until is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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