Till

/tɪl/ · preposition

Meaning

Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
2. Before (a certain time or event).
3. (obsolete or dialectal) To, up to (physically).
4. (obsolete or dialectal) To, toward (in attitude).
5. (dialectal) So that (something may happen).
6. Until, until the time that.
7. (chiefly British) A cash register.
8. A removable box within a cash register containing the money.

Example Sentences

She stayed till the very end.

I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.

Similar sentiments will recur to everyone familiar with his writings all through them till the very end.

The line was authorised on June 23, 1864, but not opened till July 11, 1881.

While the PA has not always seen eye-to-eye with US foreign policy, its survival remained, till recently, a top American priority.

If you thought Wytrzyszczka was a mouthful, wait till you try saying Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

It's twenty till two. (1:40)

Is that the town-clock striking? / I think that it is to-night / My fever will reach its crisis, / There are long hours yet till light.

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Word Forms

• 'til
• til
• tills
• tilling
• tilled

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