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un⋅til

  [uhn-til]
Use until in a Sentence
–conjunction
1. up to the time that or when; till: He read until his guests arrived.
2. before (usually used in negative constructions): They did not come until the meeting was half over.
–preposition
3. onward to or till (a specified time or occurrence): She worked until 6 p.m.
4. before (usually used in negative constructions): He did not go until night.
5. Scot. and North England. to; unto.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME untill, equiv. to un- (< ON unz up to, as far as) + till till 1

Usage note:
See till 1 .
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un·til   (ŭn-tĭl')   
prep.  
  1. Up to the time of: We danced until dawn.
  2. Before (a specified time): She can't leave until Friday.
  3. Scots Unto; to.
conj.  
  1. Up to the time that: We walked until it got dark.
  2. Before: You cannot leave until your work is finished.
  3. To the point or extent that: I talked until I was hoarse. See Usage Note at till2.

[Middle English : un-, up to (from Old Norse und; see ant- in Indo-European roots) + til, till; see till2.]
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Until

Un*til"\, prep. [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.

Until

Un*til"\, conj. 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.
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Language Translation for : until
Spanish: hasta (que),
German: bis,
Japanese: ～まで
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until 
c.1200, from O.N. und "as far as, up to" (related to O.E. end; see end) + till "until, up to" (see till). Originally also used of persons and places. Cf. Swed. intill, Dan. indtil.
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until

see put off until tomorrow; talk one's arm off (until blue in the face). Also see under till.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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