unto
Syllables: un·toUK/ˈʌntʊ//ˈʌntə/
unto conjunction: up to the time or degree that; until.
Conjunction
unto
Preposition
unto
- Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
- Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
- Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands;
Curtsied when you have, and kiss'd
The wild waves whist,
Foot it featly here and there,
And sweet sprites bear
The burthen.[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- To; indicates an indirect object.
- And the Lord said unto Moses […]
- So please my lord the duke and all the court
To quit the fine for one half of his goods
I am content; so he will let me have
The other half in use, to render it,
Upon his death, unto the gentleman
That lately stole his daughter:
Two things provided more,—[…]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Down to the last; encompassing even every.
- I do but sing because I must,
And pipe but as the linnets sing:
And unto one her note is gay,
For now her little ones have ranged;
And unto one her note is changed,
Because her brood is stol’n away.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36
- I do but sing because I must,
- Until a particular time.
- faithful unto death
unto meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Arabic
unto in Hindi
- up to
- पर्यंत paryant
unto in Marathi
- unto, till
- पर्यंत paryanta
unto in Malayalam
- ക്ക്, ഓളം, വരേക്കും
unto in Arabic
- up to
- إِلَى ʔilā
Examples of unto in a sentence
- "Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow.
- Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.
- Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer.
Synonyms of unto
Forms of unto
| alternative form (obsolete) | vnto |
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Origin of unto
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”).
Words formed from unto
- do unto others
- do unto others as you would have them do unto you
- go in unto
- hereunto
- hitherunto
- law unto oneself
- like unto
- render unto Caesar
- set fire unto
- sickness unto death
- sick unto death
- sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
- thereunto
- unto itself
- unto't
- unto the ages of ages
- unto time
- whereunto
Phrases with unto
- goes in unto
- gone in unto
- went in unto
- going in unto
- sets fire unto
- did unto others
- does unto others
- done unto others
- doing unto others
- setting fire unto
- renders unto Caesar
- laws unto themselves
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Words that rhyme with unto
Questions about unto
- What does unto mean?
- Unto means up to the time or degree that; until.
- What is unto in Hindi?
- Unto in Hindi is पर्यंत (paryant). See Unto meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unto?
- Unto can be a conjunction or a preposition.
- How do you pronounce unto?
- Unto is pronounced /ˈʌntʊ/ (UK).
Words near unto in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unto (page history and authors); पर्यंत (Marathi) (page history and authors); unto (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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