until
gb/ʌntˈɪl/ us/ʌntˈɪl/
A1
Anglų
~ 1500
Reikšmės
0 reikšmių
preposition
A1
relation
1
Up to a certain time
Shows the time when something stops or changes.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[action/event] until [time/event]
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'until' with 'by'. 'By' means 'no later than', while 'until' means 'up to that point and not after'.
Sinonimai
till (Less formal and more common in spoken English.)
Antonimai
since (Indicates the starting point of an action or state, rather than its ending point.)
Kolokacijos
wait until
|open until
|valid until
|stay until
|until now
Temos
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[do something] until [something happens]
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes use 'for' instead of 'until'. 'For' shows duration, but 'until' shows the end point of that duration.
Sinonimai
till (Interchangeable in most informal contexts.)
Antonimai
once (Indicates the start of an event after a specific moment, not continuation before it.)
Kolokacijos
wait until
|stay until
|until he arrives
|until it stops
Temos
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
until
IPA
GB/ʌntˈɪl/
US/ʌntˈɪl/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
un - til (2 skiemenys)
Stress on 2nd syllable (til)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: until
- Plural: untils
Žodžių šeima
Forms
untils
noun
Related words
till
preposition A2
Posakiai
from now until
1/fɹˈʌm nˈaʊ ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
From now to a future time
From this moment up to a certain future moment.
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Pavyzdžiai
- Until now, we have had no problems.
- I didn’t know about this until now.