UNTIL

Etymology

Preposition

until

Up to the time of (something happening).

Before (a time).

(obsolete) To; physically towards.

Synonyms

• till (less formal)

• 'til (less formal)

• up to

Antonyms

• since

Conjunction

until

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

Before (a condition becoming true).

Synonyms

• (up to the time that): till (less formal), 'til (nonstandard); see also until

• (before): afore, before

Anagrams

• nutil, unlit

Source: Wiktionary

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Un*til", prep. Etym: [OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See Unto, and Till, prep.]

1. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects. Chaucer. Taverners until them told the same. Piers Plowman. He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until. Spenser.

2. To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month. He and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity. Judg. xviii. 30.

Note: In contracts and like documents until is construed as exclusive of the date mentioned unless it was the manifest intent of the parties to include it.

Un*til", conj.

Definition: As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj. In open prospect nothing bounds our eye, Until the earth seems joined unto the sky. Dryden. But the rest of the dead lives not again until the thousand years were finished. Rev. xx. 5.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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