Definitions For Until

Conjunction

{{en-con}} Up to the time that (a condition becomes true). before, before (a condition becoming true).

Synonyms

up to the time that till {{qualifier, less formal}}, 'til {{qualifier, nonstandard}}; see also thesaurus:until before afore, before

Derived terms

'til

Translations

Arabic: حَتَّى, إِلَى أَنْ Burmese: အထိ Chinese: : Cantonese: 到 (dou3), 至 (zi3) : Mandarin: 直到, tr=zhídào, 直至, tr=zhízhì, 至, tr=zhì Dutch: totdat Finnish: kunnes French: jusqu'à ce que, jusqu'au moment où German: bis Greek: ώσπου, ωσότου : Ancient Greek: μέχρι, ἕως Hebrew: עד, tr=ád Hungarian: amígnem, ameddignem Interlingua: usque Irish: go dtí go : Old Irish: co Japanese: まで, alt=...まで, tr=...made Kurdish: heta, ta, heta ku Latin: donec Macedonian: до́дека не Ndzwani Comorian: ta Old English: oþ þæt Polish: aż Portuguese: até Russian: пока́ не, до тех пор, пока́ не Slovene: dokler Swedish: tills Ukrainian: допо́ки, по́ки Uyghur: -غىچە, -قىچە, -گىچە, -كىچە Vietnamese: cho đến khi, đến khi, cho đến lúc, đến lúc, cho tới khi, tới khi, tới lúc Chinese: : Cantonese: ……之前 (hai2...zi1 cin4) : Mandarin: {{t-check, cmn, ……之前, tr=zài……zhīqián}} Finnish: ennen kuin French: avant que Hungarian: amígnem, ameddignem Japanese: まで, alt=...まで, tr=...made Kurdish: heta Polish: dopóki nie {{checktrans-top}} Arabic: {{t-check, ar, حَتَّى}} Italian: {{t+check, it, fino, alt=fino a}} Kurdish: : Sorani: {{t+check, ku, ھەتا}}, {{t+check, ku, ھەتاکو}}, {{t+check, ku, تا}} Old English: {{t-check, ang, oþ}}, {{t-check, ang, oþþæt}} Persian: {{t+check, fa, تا, tr=tâ}} Spanish: {{t+check, es, hasta, alt=hasta que}} {{attention, es, 2=was "hasta que" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see user:kephir/gadgets/xte#translation_fixing}} Swedish: {{t+check, sv, förrän}} (with negations), {{t+check, sv, till}}

Preposition

{{en-prep}} Up to the time of (something happening). Before (a time). (obsolete) To; physically towards.

Synonyms

till {{qualifier, less formal}} 'til {{qualifier, less formal}} up to

Antonyms

since

Derived terms

'til

Translations

Afrikaans: totdat, tot Amharic: እስከ Arabic: حَتَّى : Egyptian Arabic: لغايت (leḡayyet) : Hijazi Arabic: إلين (ʾilēn) Asturian: hasta Bashkir: тиклем, хәтлем, ҡәҙәр Basque: arte Belarusian: да Bengali: অবধি, পর্যন্ত Bulgarian: до Burmese: အထိ Catalan: fins Chinese: : Cantonese: 到 (dou3), 至 (zi3) : Mandarin: 直到, tr=zhídào, 直至, tr=zhízhì, 至, tr=zhì Czech: do Danish: indtil Dutch: totdat, tot Esperanto: ĝis Estonian: kuni Fala: hasta Finnish: saakka, asti French: jusque, jusqu'à Galician: deica, endeica Georgian: -მდე German: bis, bis zu, bis an Greek: μέχρι, ως : Ancient: ἕως (+ gen.), μέχρι (+ gen.), μέσφα (+ gen.), ἄχρι (+ gen.) Hebrew: עַד, tr=ad Hindi: तक, alt=... तक Hungarian: -ig Icelandic: þangað til, fyrr en, uns, þar til Ido: til Irish: go dtí Italian: finché, fino a quando, fino a Japanese: まで, alt=...まで, tr=...made Korean: 까지, alt=...까지 Kurdish: heta, ta Latin: usque ad Latvian: līdz Lithuanian: kol, iki Macedonian: до, сѐ до Malay: sehingga Maltese: sa, sakemm Maori: āpānoa, rā anō, rānō, tae noa ki Mirandese: até Ngazidja Comorian: hata mpaka Occitan: fins Old English: oþ Persian: تا, tr=tâ Plautdietsch: bat Polish: do, do Portuguese: até, até que Romanian: până, până când, până ce Russian: до Scottish Gaelic: gu, gus Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: до̏ : Roman: dȍ Slovak: do Slovene: do Sorbian: : Lower Sorbian: do : Upper Sorbian: do Spanish: hasta Swahili: mpaka Swedish: tills Tajik: то Turkish: -e (-a) kadar Ukrainian: до Urdu: تک (... tak, alt=... تک) Uyghur: -غىچە, -قىچە, -گىچە, -كىچە, -غا قەدەر, -قا قەدەر, -گە قەدەر, -كە قەدەر Vietnamese: cho đến, đến, cho tới, tới Walloon: diski, disk' a, {{qualifier, before subordinate clause}} disk' a tant ki West Frisian: oant Yiddish: ביז Chinese: : Cantonese: ……之前 (hai2...zi1 cin4) : Mandarin: ……之前 (zài...zhīqián) Finnish: ennen French: avant Galician: denantes, endenantes, enantes, aventes Greek: πριν Japanese: まで, alt=...まで, tr=...made Kurdish: heta, ta, berî Macedonian: до Portuguese: até que Romanian: până nu Russian: до, не ра́ньше Spanish: antes Ukrainian: до, не раніше {{checktrans-top}} Hebrew: {{t+check, he, עד, tr=ad}} Korean: {{t+check, ko, 까지, alt=...까지}} {{attention, ko, 2=was "...까지" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see user:kephir/gadgets/xte#translation_fixing}} Kurdish: : Kurmanji: {{t+check, kmr, heta}}, {{t+check, kmr, ta}}, {{t+check, kmr, heya}} : Sorani: {{t+check, ku, تاکو}}, {{t+check, ku, ھەتاکو}}, {{t+check, ku, تا}} Norwegian: {{t-check, no, inntil}}, {{t+check, no, til}}, {{t+check, no, før}} Old English: {{t-check, ang, oþ}} Persian: {{t+check, fa, تا, tr=tâ}} Swahili: {{t+check, sw, mpaka}} Swedish: {{t+check, sv, förrän}} {{qualifier, if with a negation}}, {{t+check, sv, till}}, {{t+check, sv, tills}} Tajik: {{t+check, tg, то}} Telugu: {{t+check, te, వరకు}}, {{t-check, te, దాకా}}

Etymology

from middle english until, untill, ontil, ontill, equivalent to un + t1=against; toward; up to + till. perhaps representing a northern variant of {{cog + enm + unto}}. see {{l + en + unto}}.

Anagrams

nutil, unlit

Is Until a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
5
Words with Friends
8

The word Until is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Until in a Sentence

  • We played until it got dark.
  • Keep going until I tell you to stop.
  • I ran until I was breathless.

Look up a Word

Search the dictionary for definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, and more!

Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/