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till

1 till preposition
or 'til also til /ˈtɪl/ /təl/
1 till
preposition
or 'til also til /ˈtɪl/ /təl/
Learner's definition of TILL
: until
2 till conjunction
or 'til also til /ˈtɪl/ /təl/
2 till
conjunction
or 'til also til /ˈtɪl/ /təl/
Learner's definition of TILL
: until
3 till /ˈtɪl/ verb
tills; tilled; tilling
3 till
/ˈtɪl/
verb
tills; tilled; tilling
Learner's definition of TILL
[+ object]
: to prepare (soil, a piece of land, etc.) for growing crops耕,犁(地)

— tillable

/ˈtɪləbəl/ adjective [more tillable; most tillable]
4 till /ˈtɪl/ noun
plural tills
4 till
/ˈtɪl/
noun
plural tills
Learner's definition of TILL
[count]
: a drawer for keeping money in a store or bank(商店或银行)放钱的抽屉;收银盒
British : cash register

in the till

◊ To have/put your hand(s) in the till is to steal money from the place where you work.从自己工作的地方偷钱
TOEFL BNC: 2835 COCA: 4897

till

1 of 5

preposition

tᵊl,
təl,
ˈtil How to pronounce till (audio)
1
or 'til or less commonly til : until
2
chiefly Scotland : to

till

2 of 5

conjunction

tᵊl,
təl,
ˈtil How to pronounce till (audio)
variants or 'til or less commonly til
: until

till

3 of 5

verb

tilled; tilling; tills

transitive verb

: to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops : cultivate

till

4 of 5

noun (1)

1
a
: a money drawer in a store or bank
also : cash register
b
: a box, drawer, or tray in a receptacle (such as a cabinet or chest) used especially for valuables
2
a
: the money contained in a till
b
: a supply of especially ready money

till

5 of 5

noun (2)

: unstratified glacial drift consisting of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders intermingled

Did you know?

till, 'til, or 'till?

People often ask which is the correct synonym of until: till, ’til, or ’till?

Many assume that till is an abbreviated form of until. Actually, it is a distinctive word that existed in English at least a century before until, both as a preposition meaning “to” and a conjunction meaning “until.” It has seen continuous use in English since the 12th century and is a perfectly legitimate synonym of until.

’Til and ’till are much newer words, having appeared in the language only in the 19th and 20th centuries, respectively. Both are variant spellings, either of until or of till. Writers of usage guides have roundly condemned ’till as a barbarism (apparently because it seems to have added a superfluous l to the end of until). ’Til, for its part, has been deemed inappropriate in formal writing.

To sum up: until and till can be used freely and interchangeably, but you will probably want to avoid ’till and use ’til advisedly.

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Preposition We won't finish till next week. The event doesn't start till tomorrow. Conjunction They kept playing till it got dark. He spun around till he was dizzy. Verb The farmers are tilling the soil. farmers tilling the soil from sunup to sunset See More

Word History

Etymology

Preposition

Middle English, from Old English til; akin to Old Norse til to, till, Old English til good

Verb

Middle English tilien, tillen, from Old English tilian; akin to Old English til good, suitable, Old High German zil goal

Noun (1)

Middle English tille locker, chest

Noun (2)

origin unknown

First Known Use

Preposition

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Conjunction

12th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

12th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Noun (2)

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of till was before the 12th century
TOEFL BNC: 2835 COCA: 4897
till

noun

(BrE)  see also cash register ADJECTIVE | TILL + VERB | TILL + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcomputerized, electronic電腦化/電子錢櫃TILL + VERBring現金出納機響起輸入款額聲a sales idea that has set tills ringing all over the country使商品熱銷全國的銷售創意TILL + NOUNreceipt, roll收銀小票;收銀機紙捲PREPOSITIONat the till, behind the till, on the till在收銀台處;在收銀台後The supermarket didn't have enough people working on the tills.超市收銀台人手不夠。in a/the till, into a/the till在錢櫃裏;進入錢櫃Put the money straight into the till.把錢直接放進錢櫃。from a/the till, out of a/the till從錢櫃裏拿出He gave her £10 from the till.他從錢櫃裏拿了 10 英鎊給她。

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