Meaning & use
until infinity
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Meaning
phrasefixed phraseliteraryfigurative
for all time; forever; without ever ending.
Grammar: Used as an adverbial phrase, often after verbs like 'love' or 'last'. It is more emotional and literary than 'forever'.
Patterns
- love someone until infinity
- last until infinity
In his poem, the stars shine until infinity.
They promised to love each other until infinity.
The desert seemed to stretch until infinity.
Common combinations
- love until infinity
- The song is about loving someone until infinity.
- last until infinity
- Their friendship seemed to last until infinity.
- stretch until infinity
- The road stretched until infinity under the clear sky.
Synonyms and how they differ
- forever
- Forever is the everyday word; until infinity is more dramatic and poetic.
- eternally
- Eternally is an adverb meaning forever, often used in religious or romantic contexts.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: until infinity or to infinity?
until infinity vs to infinity
To infinity often means 'toward an infinite point' (as in 'to infinity and beyond'), while until infinity means 'for all time'.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'until infinity' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Until infinity' is a fixed phrase meaning 'forever'. The other prepositions do not fit this idiom.
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