untilpreposition, conjunction
uk/ənˈtɪl//ʌnˈtɪl/us/ənˈtɪl//ʌnˈtɪl/also tilluntil preposition, conjunction (TIME)
A1 up to (the time that):
I was up until three o'clock trying to get it finished!
Shouldn't we wait until Antony's here?
not until
B1 not before a particular time or event:
We didn't eat till past midnight.
Once he starts painting a room he won't stop until it's done.
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- She waited until her coffee had cooled down before taking a sip.
- We didn't arrive at our hotel until after midnight.
- The photographs will be on exhibition until the end of the month.
- You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.
- You'll have to wait until your next birthday for a new bike.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Until a particular moment
- before
- date
- day
- far
- hitherto
- in
- inside
- interim
- meantime
- now
- pending
- till
- to
- to date idiom
- up to
- wait
- wait till/until ... idiom
- yet
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until preposition, conjunction (DISTANCE)
A2 as far as:
You should stay on the train until Manchester and then change.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing movement towards
- -ways
- at
- convergent
- earthward
- facing
- for
- forward
- forwards
- hither
- inwards
- on
- oncoming
- onward
- onwards
- round
- thither
- up
- ward
- way
- wise
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