until

Universal Words conjunction, preposition (also informal till, til, 'til) HELPNOTE These short forms are not usually used at the beginning of a sentence.up to the point in time or the event mentioned: Let's wait until the rain stops. * Until she spoke I hadn't realized she wasn't English. * You're not going out until you've finished this. * Until now I have always lived alone. * They moved here in 1990. Until then they'd always been in the London area. * He continued working up until his death. * The street is full of traffic from morning till night. * You can stay on the bus until London (= until you reach London).