Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled.
The wallpaper image will remain until the computer is restarted.
Steel cables stretched over the giant pylons provided support until the arch was completed.
Seeds cannot germinate until certain favorable environmental conditions are met.
until recently, sponges were believed to be modern descendants of the first animals.
They are only biding their time until political conditions allow them to once again cut taxes.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
But the others did not borrow in size until that fall.
Bring the liquid to a boil, then reduce heat until simmering.
There they'll grow and bloom through winter until their crescendo in spring.
British Dictionary definitions for until
until
/ʌnˈtɪl/
conjunction (subordinating)
1.
up to (a time) that: he laughed until he cried
2.
(used with a negative) before (a time or event): until you change, you can't go out
preposition
3.
(often preceded by up) in or throughout the period before: he waited until six
4.
(used with a negative) earlier than; before: he won't come until tomorrow
Usage note
The use of until such time as (as in industrial action will continue until such time as our demands are met) is unnecessary and should be avoided: industrial action will continue until our demands are met
Word Origin
C13 untill; related to Old High German unt unto, until, Old Norse und; see till1
c.1200, from Old Norse und "as far as, up to" (related to Old English end; see end) + till "until, up to" (see till (prep.)). Originally also used of persons and places. Cf. Swedish intill, Danish indtil. The Modern German equivalent, bis (Old High German biaz), is a similar compound, of Old High German bi "by, at, to" and zu "to."
