til

¹ American  

[til, teel] / tɪl, til /

Also teel

noun

1. the sesame plant.

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'til ² American  

[til] / tɪl /

preposition

1. until; till.

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TIL ³ American  

Or til

abbreviation

1. today I learned.

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til British  

/ tiːl, tɪl /

noun

1. another name for sesame, esp a variety grown in India

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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

And then, at five ’til 6, there was only one tent left.

From Slate

I started there fully like six, seven and I played there 'til 15.

From BBC

“Some customers will have decided they’re gonna stop betting on football til the season comes around again next year,” Jackson said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“You don’t know what it’s going to feel like ‘til you’re actually feeling it.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mac told The Athletic he was inspired to buy his own club after watching the Sunderland FC Netflix documentary 'Til I Die.

From BBC