til
noun
the sesame plant.
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til
1 American
[til, teel]
/ tɪl, til /
Also
teel
noun
'til
2
American
[til]
/ tɪl /
preposition
TIL
3
American
Or
til
abbreviation
til
British
/ tiːl, tɪl /
noun
Commonly Confused
See till 1.
Etymology
Origin of til1
Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1830–40
Origin of 'til2
Aphetic variant of until
Origin of TIL3
From its use in digital communications
Example Sentences
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“She didn’t even start watching the show til like last week.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
I can’t wait til Harrison Ford just waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
Let’s fake it til you become it, you know?
From Salon ● May 20, 2024
Although she was cleared in 2021, she said she was "still fighting on til the proper accountability is done".
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2024
“I live right close. Wait til I get my papers and lock the door, and I’ll take you home and fix it.”
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
“And now every child in D.C. from the time they’re born ’til they’re 5 years old gets a free book delivered.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I think they thought it was easy 'til they did it, then they realised," he continued.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
And for the first time in a while, I slept ’til morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
And then, at five ’til 6, there was only one tent left.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
It was one of those moments that come from outta nowhere, when you all of a sudden feel something reach inside your chest, grab your heart, and squeeze ’til you can hardly breathe.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
The researchers further refined their TIL selection process by applying a secondary algorithmic filter to screen for only those tumor-reactive T-cells with "high avidity" -- that is, those that bind strongly to tumor antigens.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
And yes, TIL is actually included in the guide, but so are thousands of other abbreviations that I’m convinced someone just made up.
From The Verge ● Apr. 18, 2022
As Adams tweeted to Keller soon after the article appeared, “The main thing is that I am alive. Do not write me off and make statements about how my life ends TIL IT DOES, SIR.”
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2014
Still, Sumit Mazumder, chairman of TIL Limited, a heavy equipment manufacturer, said he is more optimistic about West Bengal’s prospects.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2012
Injected back into the body, the engineered TIL cells would specifically seek out and destroy melanoma cells.
From Time Magazine Archive
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