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ənˈtɪl I Conjunction Bre Wait Rain Stops Spoke

Word until
WordType (conjunction)
Phonetic BrE / ənˈtɪl / NAmE / ənˈtɪl /
Example
  • 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.
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until

(conjunction)BrE / ənˈtɪl / NAmE / ənˈtɪl /
  1. 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 2009. 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).

    Word Origin

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