Until

Definition

until /ǝn'tÇl / (also till ) ( till more informal; until usu preferred in initial position) conj (က) တိုင္။ တိုင္ေအာင္။ အထိ။ Let's wait until the rain stops. ❍ Don't start till I arrive. ❍ Continue in this direction until you see a sign. (ခ) မ…မခ်င္း။ Until she spoke I hadn't realized she was foreign. ❍ I won't stop shouting until you let me go. ❍ No names are being released until the relatives have been told. prep ထိ။ အထိ။ wait until tomorrow ❍ It may last till Friday. ❍ Nothing happened until 5 o'clock. ❍ The street is full of traffic from morning till night. ❍ Until now I have always lived alone. ❍ She continued working up until her death. ❍ Don't open it till your birthday. ❍ She was a bank clerk until the war, when she trained as a nurse.

Examples

1. Baker is expected to be here until the end of the week.
2. I was employed by a manufacturing company until 1999.
3. You’ll just have to wait until they call your name.
4. [up until] : Up until now
5. everything in Katherine’s life has been taken care of for her.
6. Stay on the bus until the big supermarket
7. then get off and turn left.
8. Perry was leading the race until the final bend.