Meaning & use
Until
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Up to the point in time or the event specified; before a particular time or event.
See it in a sentence
We waited until midnight for the results to be announced.
The store stays open until nine o'clock on weekdays.
A note on using this word
Also functions as a conjunction introducing a clause, as in 'stay until the rain stops'; 'till' is an older, shorter form with the same meaning.
Words with a similar meaning
tillup to
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. conjunction
Up to the time that; before.
Don't open the gift until everyone has arrived.
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