until
gb/ʌntˈɪl/ us/ʌntˈɪl/
A1
انگلیسی
~ 1500
معنیها
۰ معنی
preposition
A1
relation
1
Up to a certain time
Shows the time when something stops or changes.
الگوی کاربرد:
[action/event] until [time/event]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'until' with 'by'. 'By' means 'no later than', while 'until' means 'up to that point and not after'.
هممعنیها
till (Less formal and more common in spoken English.)
متضادها
since (Indicates the starting point of an action or state, rather than its ending point.)
ترکیبهای رایج
wait until
|open until
|valid until
|stay until
|until now
موضوعها
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- The store is open until 9 p.m.
- You should wait until the light turns green.
- We talked until midnight.
- I’ll stay here until you get back.
- The offer is valid until the end of the month.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- I will work until 5 p.m.
- Wait until I call you.
- She stayed until it was dark.
- The shop is open until 6 o’clock.
- Don’t eat until dinner.
conjunction
A1
relation
2
Before something happens
Shows that something happens for all the time before another thing happens.
الگوی کاربرد:
[do something] until [something happens]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes use 'for' instead of 'until'. 'For' shows duration, but 'until' shows the end point of that duration.
هممعنیها
till (Interchangeable in most informal contexts.)
متضادها
once (Indicates the start of an event after a specific moment, not continuation before it.)
ترکیبهای رایج
wait until
|stay until
|until he arrives
|until it stops
موضوعها
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- Stay here until I return.
- We can’t leave until the rain stops.
- He slept until the alarm rang.
- Don’t open the box until your birthday.
- They played outside until it got dark.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- Wait here until I come back.
- We can’t eat until Dad is home.
- She worked until she was tired.
- He stayed in bed until noon.
- I will wait until you are ready.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
until
IPA
GB/ʌntˈɪl/
US/ʌntˈɪl/
هجاها و تکیه
un - til (۲ هجا)
Stress on 2nd syllable (til)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: until
- Plural: untils
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
untils
noun
Related words
till
preposition A2
عبارتها
from now until
1/fɹˈʌm nˈaʊ ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
From now to a future time
From this moment up to a certain future moment.
نمونهها
- From now until Friday, we will be very busy.
- You can contact me anytime from now until next week.
not until
1/nˈɑt ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
Only after a certain time/event
Shows that something happens only after a certain time or event, not before.
نمونهها
- It’s not safe to swim not until the lifeguard arrives.
- She didn’t leave the party not until midnight.
until now
1/ʌntˈɪl nˈaʊ/
fixed phrase
Up to this moment
Until the present time.
نمونهها
- Until now, we have had no problems.
- I didn’t know about this until now.