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• til
  til

  noun

  the sesame plant.
• 'til
  'til

  preposition

  until; till.
• TIL
  TIL

  abbreviation

  today I learned.

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 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

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

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Glastonbury saved the best 'til last, with a triumphant set by American star Olivia Rodrigo to close the festival's Pyramid Stage.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025

Porscha was about to freak, along with everybody else, ’til Mr. Ward surprised us with a class anthology.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes