conj
Meaning 1
Up to the time or degree that; until.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, poetic
Examples
- Unto This Last (John Ruskin)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʌntʊ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-tuː/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-tə/
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General-American: /ˈʌntə/
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General-American: /-tuː/
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General-American: /-tʊ/
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rhymes with -ʌntə
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CMU ARPABET: AH1 N T UW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
prep
Meaning 2
Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, poetic
Examples
- Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Meaning 3
To; indicates an indirect object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, poetic
Examples
- And the Lord said unto Moses [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Meaning 4
Down to the last; encompassing even every.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: إِلَى (ʔilā) — up to
- Esperanto: ĝis — up to
- French: jusqu'à — up to
- German: zu — up to
- German: bis zu — up to
- Hindi: पर्यंत (paryant) — up to
- Latin: ad — up to
- Latin: usque — up to
- Latin: sub — up to
- Malagasy: tamin'ny — up to
- Polish: do — up to
- Polish: ku — up to
- Turkish: -e doğru — up to
- Turkish: -e kadar — up to
- Esperanto: al — to; indicates an indirect object
- Polish: do — to; indicates an indirect object
- Polish: ku — to; indicates an indirect object