til
noun
the sesame plant.
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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In a 9-6 vote, the council voted initial approval of an ordinance to postpone implementation of the $30 hourly minimum til 2030, instead of 2028.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
“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 ● Feb. 26, 2026
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
“Momma says you gotta come in and eat now. Leave the milking til later.”
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
I want to believe that bond stays as strong as it is now 'til I do retire in my career at Formula 1.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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
“You don’t know what it’s going to feel like ‘til you’re actually feeling it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
“What can we figure? After all, nobody sets the price ’til June.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
"By adding a drug that inhibits PGE2 production to the TIL culture medium we restored the ability of TILs to respond to IL-2 and improved the expansion of tumor-reactive TILs more than two-fold," said Grimm.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 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
Also, Fefer wonders, can sufficient numbers of TIL cells be produced to vanquish human tumors?
From Time Magazine Archive
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