until

Prep

Preposition

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A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.

1. 1.Up to the time of (something happening); pending.

   • If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then.

2. 2.Up to (a certain place)

   • Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left.

3. 3.Before (a time).

   • Let's wait until Tom gets back.
   • Tom worked until late last night.
   • I never drove a car until I was thirty.

4. 4.Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.

   • Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until.

Conj

Conjunction

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A word that links words, phrases, or clauses.

1. 1.Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).

   • It took us a week before/until we got the house repainted.
   • Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment.

2. 2.Before (a condition becoming true).

   • It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

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