until
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭn-tĭlʹ
enpr: ən-tĭlʹ
ipa: /ʌnˈtɪl/
ipa: /ənˈtɪl/
ipa: /ʊnˈtɪl/
enpr: ŭn-tĭlʹ
enpr: ən-tĭlʹ
ipa: /ʌnˈtɪl/
ipa: /ənˈtɪl/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɪl/
note: Appalachians, also
enpr: ŭn-tĭlʹ
ipa: /ˈʌntəl/
note: Appalachians, also
rhymes: -ɪl
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.
Senses: examples: text: If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then.
text: 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.
ref: 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
glosses: Up to the time of (something happening); pending.
examples: text: Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left.
glosses: Up to (a certain place)
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: 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."
ref: 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
glosses: Before (a time).
examples: text: He rousd himselfe full blith, and hastned them untill.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4:
glosses: To; physically towards.
examples: text: Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until.
text: 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, […]
ref: 2018, Wilbert Funeral Home, Obituary for Peter James Smith (1937-2018)
text: Every Friday 2pm-until and Saturday 5pm-until[;] we are located inside the dollar general parking lot
ref: 2020 August 5, Boutte BBQ (boutte_bbq), post on Instagram
text: Open Monday to Saturday 4pm – Until and Sunday 12pm - Until. We are conveniently located at: […]
ref: 2025 July 20, Gauchos Brazilian Steakhouse (gauchosbraziliansteakhouseusa), post on Instagram
glosses: Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.
raw_tags: without an object
Synonyms: word: till
word: 'til
word: up to