UNTIL


Meaning of UNTIL in English

/ ənˈtɪl; NAmE / conjunction , preposition

(also informal till , til , 'til ) up to the point in time or the event mentioned :

Let's wait until the rain stops.

Until she spoke I hadn't realized she wasn't English.

You're not going out until you've finished this.

Until now I have always lived alone.

They moved here in 2002. Until then they'd always been in the London area.

He continued working up until his death.

The street is full of traffic from morning till night .

You can stay on the bus until London (= until you reach London) .

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from Old Norse und as far as + till until (the sense thus duplicated).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.