til

[ til, teel ]

/ tɪl, til /

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noun

the sesame plant.

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Also teel

[teel] /til/ .

Origin of til

Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1830–40

Other definitions for til (2 of 3)

'til

[ til ]

/ tɪl /

preposition, conjunction

until;till.

Origin of 'til

Aphetic variant of until

words often confused with 'til

See till¹.

Other definitions for til (3 of 3)

TIL

or til

abbreviation

today I learned.

Origin of TIL

From its use in digital communications

How to use til in a sentence

Whether you eat it or drink it, don’t stop ‘til you get enough.
10 Ways to Stay Hydrated (That Aren’t Water)|DailyBurn|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Guess we’ll all just have to wait ‘til June 2015 to find out.
‘Orange Is the New Black’: Inside the Wild S2 Finale and What’s Next for Season 3|Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I’ve been very good at staying up ‘til 5am myself in the past,” she says, laughing.
Toni Collette on ‘The Realistic Joneses,’‘Lucky Them,’ and Crying in ‘The Sixth Sense’|Melissa Leon|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He said, “Don’t let it all go now, just hold back ‘til we cover you.”
Toni Collette on ‘The Realistic Joneses,’‘Lucky Them,’ and Crying in ‘The Sixth Sense’|Melissa Leon|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

All of us sincerely intend, when we take our wedding vows, to live up to the ideal of ‘til death do us part.’
The Best of the Beast, May 5-12|The Daily Beast|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pot goeth so long to the water til at length it commeth broken home.
A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker|Frederick Locker
Til now late follows I sat upryght, as regards construction.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Til Loon was one of those who ran against his thorn and many others suffered the same fate.
The Tin Woodman of Oz|L. Frank Baum
The day cool & agreeable—I kept the children in til twelve tho' with great difficulty; they were for asserting their liberty.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.|Philip Vickers Fithian
And lede e nether figure stonde still euer-more til ou haue ydo.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for til

til

/ (tɪl, tiːl) /

noun

another name for sesame, esp a variety grown in India

Word Origin for til

C19: from Hindi, from Sanskrit tilá sesame

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