until
gb/ʌntˈɪl/ us/ʌntˈɪl/
A1
انگریزی
~ 1500
معانی
0 معانی
preposition
A1
relation
1
Up to a certain time
Shows the time when something stops or changes.
استعمال کا انداز:
[action/event] until [time/event]
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'until' with 'by'. 'By' means 'no later than', while 'until' means 'up to that point and not after'.
ہم معنی الفاظ
till (Less formal and more common in spoken English.)
متضاد الفاظ
since (Indicates the starting point of an action or state, rather than its ending point.)
لفظی تراکیب
wait until
|open until
|valid until
|stay until
|until now
موضوعات
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- 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.
استعمال کا انداز:
[do something] until [something happens]
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes use 'for' instead of 'until'. 'For' shows duration, but 'until' shows the end point of that duration.
ہم معنی الفاظ
till (Interchangeable in most informal contexts.)
متضاد الفاظ
once (Indicates the start of an event after a specific moment, not continuation before it.)
لفظی تراکیب
wait until
|stay until
|until he arrives
|until it stops
موضوعات
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- 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.
گرامر
لغت میں درج شکل
until
IPA
GB/ʌntˈɪl/
US/ʌntˈɪl/
ہجا بندی اور زور
un - til (2 ہجے)
Stress on 2nd syllable (til)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Noun
- Base: until
- Plural: untils
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
untils
noun
Related words
till
preposition A2
عبارات
from now until
1/fɹˈʌm nˈaʊ ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
From now to a future time
From this moment up to a certain future moment.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- Until now, we have had no problems.
- I didn’t know about this until now.