prep

till

tihl

prep

Up to the time of; until.

"The shop is open till nine tonight."

"We won't know the results till next week."

noun

A cash register, or the drawer inside one that holds money.

"She counted the money in the till at the end of her shift."

verb

To prepare and cultivate land for growing crops.

"Farmers tilled the fields before planting the wheat."

How to Use Till

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishMeaning "until" in time expressions, or a shop's cash register, or to plough and prepare soil — depending on context.

Common mistake

"Till" and "until" mean exactly the same thing; neither is more correct, though "until" is often preferred at the start of a sentence.

Easily confused with

until → til →

Common pairings

till the soil raid the till work till late

Word Forms

tilled past tense, tills plural, tills plural, Tills plural, tills singular

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Etymology

From Old English til, related to Old Norse til, both from a Germanic root meaning "toward" or "up to a point." It is not a shortened form of "until" — in fact "until" was built from "till."

Synonyms

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Rhymes for till

ill kill mill sill bill will hill fill Jill dill gill pill

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