Definitions for until

until un·til

Spelling: [uhn-til]
IPA: /ʌnˈtɪl/

Until is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in until (ilntu).

Definitions for until

conjunction

  1. up to the time that or when; till:
  2. before (usually used in negative constructions):

preposition

  1. onward to or till (a specified time or occurrence):
  2. before (usually used in negative constructions):
  3. Scot. and North England. to; unto.

Origin of until

1150-1200; Middle English untill, equivalent to un- (Old Norse unz up to, as far as) + till till1

Examples for until

Not until five o'clock had he by turns urged and fought himself to the ferry.

In fact, Americans had to wait several hours until film of the event reached New York for it to be broadcast.

As Sutton shows in his book, the important shift took place gradually, from the end of the Civil War until World War II.

Will you take care of some money for me until I get a chance to deposit it in the savings bank?

At the time (and until 1913), U.S. senators were not popularly elected but were selected by the state legislature.

It may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for irony and destroys the market for it.

until concern trolls like Sarah Ditum came along trying to cover it up again.

The silence remained unbroken, until Paralus asked for music.

until that ecstasy of release should come, he would do his duty,—yes, his duty.

Since he went to Salamis in search of you, I have not seen him until late this evening.

Word Value for until
Scrable

5

Words with friends

8

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