Meaning

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

    Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment.

    It took us a week before/until we got the house repainted.

    bis

    пока́ неpoká ne, до тех пор, пока́ неdo tex por, poká ne

    допо́киdopóky, по́киpóky

  2. Before (a condition becoming true).

Examples

5387 sentences
  1. Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.

    Заняття не пончеться до половини на восьму. — deniko

    ruЗанятие не начнётся до половины девятого. — paul_lingvo

    deDer Unterricht fängt erst um halb neun an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Let's leave the problem until tomorrow.

    Лишімо цю проблему на завтра. — tikan0

    deLassen wir das Problem bis morgen ruhen. — Tamy

  3. Please wait until I come back.

    Будь ласка, почекайте на моє повернення. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, подождите, пока я вернусь. — redscorp

    deWarten Sie bitte, bis ich zurückkomme. — redscorp

  4. I waited until the last minute.

    Я чекав до останньої хвилини. — deniko

    ruЯ ждал до последней минуты. — marafon

    deIch habe bis zur letzten Minute gewartet. — MUIRIEL

  5. I'll wait here until she comes.

    Я чекатиму тут доки вона прийде. — ascolto

    ruЯ подожду здесь, пока она придет. — Gruzilkin

    deIch werde hier warten, bis sie kommt. — MUIRIEL

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
up to the time that:
Русский
By meaning 1
up to the time that:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
up to the time that:

Origin

From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern v

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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Synonyms

8 synonyms
up to the time that:tillB1

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wait until
  • until monday
  • do that until
  • until next monday
  • until october
  • until next
  • wait until monday
  • to wait until
  • until tomorrow
  • stay here until
  • until the end
  • wait until tomorrow

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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