until

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   Up to a particular time

   The shop is open until nine o'clock.

2. 2
   conj

   Up to the point when something happens

   Wait here until I come back.

3. 3
   prep

   Up to a particular place along a route

   Keep walking until the traffic lights, then turn left.

From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto (see Modern English unto). By surface analysis, un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till.

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