Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

until now

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English

Syllables: un-til now
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

Example Sentences

"So far he hasn't called"
"the sun isn't up yet"

Synonyms

so far thus far up to now hitherto heretofore as yet yet til now till now

Questions

What does until now mean?: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

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