Until vs Thru - What's the difference?
until | thru |
Up to the time of (something happening).
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, title= (obsolete) To; physically towards.
* Spenser
Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
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, title= Before (a condition becoming true).
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
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, issue=2
, page=222-235
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, passage=As the technology improves, there is a possibility to reprogram adult stem cells for therapeutic cloning without "passing it thru " the preimplantation embryo, thus negating current ethical challenges to such research.}}
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, volume=34
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, page=1-32
, magazine=American Indian Quarterly
, publisher=University of Nebraska Press
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, passage=Myths and Legends of the Pimas of Arizona as received by J. William Lloyd from Comalk-Hawk-Kih (Thin Buckskin) thru the interpretation of Edward Hubert Wood.
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(UK, rare, regional, or, dialectal)
As prepositions the difference between until and thru
is that until is up to the time of (something happening) while thru is .As a conjunction until
is up to the time that (a condition becomes true).until
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
- He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until .
Usage notes
It is typically assumed that circumstances have changed or could change at the referenced time. For instance, “All has gone well until now” implies that the current situation may not be so good.Synonyms
* 'til (nonstandard), till, up toAntonyms
* sinceConjunction
(English Conjunctions)Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
Synonyms
* 'til (nonstandard ), tillStatistics
*thru
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)citation, genre= , publisher=Trafford Publishing , isbn=9781426966132 , page=157 , passage=If you see thru' my eyes, you'd wish you weren't here, because all you will feel sadness and fear. It loneliness and sorrow if you see '''thru''' my eyes sit and talk to before you say goodbye. See ' thru my eyes and a tear you will see, I wish you could cry and cry with me. }}