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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The court heard that in another text to Celeste, sent in June 2024, Burke wrote: "Let's let this abortion be the last one til we have the real one…"
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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
“A fierce fighter til the end. My most ardent champion. My loyal protector. My best friend,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2024
Let’s fake it til you become it, you know?
From Salon ● May 20, 2024
That was til it took; the fools came rushing forward.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
"From then 'til now I live with pain and incontinence and that's something that's really not talked about widely - with women generally, and certainly within certain communities."
From BBC ● May 13, 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
“They must of drove it ’til the gas run out on ’em,” said the sergeant.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
But TIL therapy doesn't work for everyone, as the researchers found in their earlier study.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 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
To keep the TIL cells vigorous and growing, the NCI team had to inject the mice with additional IL-2, but only about a tenth as much as in the LAK treatments.
From Time Magazine Archive
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