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UK [ənˈtɪl] / US conjunction, preposition

Summary:

Until can be used in the following ways: - as a preposition (followed by a noun): She continued to get a salary until the end of March. - as a conjunction (connecting two clauses): I stayed there until he arrived.
Get it right: until:
Unlike till, the word until has only one "l":
Wrong: Parents are responsible for their children's actions untill they are 18.
Right: Parents are responsible for their children's actions until they are 18.
Till and until mean the same, but till is more informal. ➡ till

1) happening or done up to a particular point in time, and then stopping

Baker is expected to be here until the end of the week.

I was employed by a manufacturing company until 1999.

You'll just have to wait until they call your name.

up until:

Up until now, everything in Katherine's life has been taken care of for her.

2) continuing as far as a particular place

Stay on the bus until the big supermarket, then get off and turn left.

Perry was leading the race until the final bend.

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not (...) until — used for stating the point at which something finally happens, becomes possible, or becomes true

She went to Felix's flat at midday and did not come out until late in the evening.

They didn't see each other again until the autumn.

I cannot comment further until I have got all the information.

It was not until six o'clock that we got the first reports of trouble.