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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
until/ənˈtɪl/

▶preposition & conjunction up to (the point in time or the event mentioned).

– origin ME: from ON und ‘as far as’ + till1 (the sense thus duplicated).

usage: On the differences between until and till, see usage at till1.

'until' also found in these Oxford entries:

ackee - arrivederci - as - bonded warehouse - box - break - bring - capias - caramel - card - Celt - centime - chicken-fried steak - clipboard - coelacanth - coloured - crisp - cue - cumulative preference share - daemon - Dalai Lama - damage feasant - Danegeld - Dark Ages - date - dawn redwood - death - deflagration - detent - detoxify - Deutschmark - dharna - distance - dodo - drachma - Dutch auction - DY - dybbuk - dying - extension - finish - first aid - frizzle - funnel cake - further - gherao - gill - groschen - guilder - gur

Forum discussions with the word(s) "until" in the title:

. I was ??? towards my sister’s new husband until I discovered he had made his money from hard-drug peddling.
. the frontal surface was machined until . had been achieved
... <from, since> 19th of May <till, to, until> 20th of June
... until you're about to lose him/her
...until ..is/will/has been sent to you.
...until the Tortoise SHOULD catch up.
...until you have been judged.
'As of' and 'Until'
'by/until' '7:00/Thursday' [with time, day]
'Until' at the end of a sentence
[...] shall be paid to the Insured, unless and until [...] [Legal contract]
<From, since> January <to, until> April Diego didn't clean his room.
"Education is hanging on until you've caught on"
"I decided to do that until I finish/finished high school"
"I have been living until"
"not until" and "not...until"
"Please remain seated until the seat belt sign has been turned off"
"Read page(s) 8 until/till 11."
"the male penguin hatches the egg until it ____"
"until" and "after"
"up to" or "until"
"up" vs. "until"
"We close until noon"
"You can send me the file me until 4"
"You're suspended until ____"
16 until 21st October
a matter of time until...
ABC village One untill ABC village Six ? "until" here is ok?
actually, we close until 10
adverb clauses with 'until'
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