till

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Also spelled t’ll

US /tɪl/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like teal /ɪ/ vs /iː/ Sounds like tier /l/ vs /r/

Freq #623

Meanings

1

prep
Up to the time of; until.

She stayed at the party till the very end.
2

conj
Up to the moment when; until.

You won't know if you can do it till you try.
3

noun
A machine or drawer in a shop that holds money and records sales.

The cashier rang up the items and closed the till.
4

verb
To prepare land for growing crops by digging or ploughing it.

The farmers till the soil every spring before planting.

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Synonyms

1 prep · up to the time of; until. until

2 conj · up to the moment when; until. until

Word family

Forms tilledtillingtills

Derived forms no-tilltill-tapper

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Etymology

From Middle English tylle (“till”), possibly from Middle English tillen (“to draw”) from Old English *tyllan (“to draw, attract”) (as in betyllan (“to lure, decoy”) and fortyllan (“to draw away”); related to *tollian > Middle English tollen). Cognate with Albanian ndjell (“to lure, attract”). Alternatively, Middle English tylle is from Anglo-Norman tylle (“compartment”), from Old French tille (“compartment, shelter on a ship”), from Old Norse þilja (“plank”).

tylle Middle English tillen Middle English *tyllan Old English tille Old French þilja Old Norse

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# till

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** prep, conj, noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /tɪl/
**Frequency rank:** 623

## Meanings
1. Up to the time of; until.
2. Up to the moment when; until.
3. A machine or drawer in a shop that holds money and records sales.
4. To prepare land for growing crops by digging or ploughing it.

## Examples
- She stayed at the party till the very end.
- You won't know if you can do it till you try.
- The cashier rang up the items and closed the till.
- The farmers till the soil every spring before planting.

## Derived Forms
- no-till
- till-tapper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tylle
- Root: tillen
- Root: *tyllan
- Root: tille
- Root: þilja

## Etymology
From Middle English tylle (“till”), possibly from Middle English tillen (“to draw”) from Old English *tyllan (“to draw, attract”) (as in betyllan (“to lure, decoy”) and fortyllan (“to draw away”); related to *tollian > Middle English tollen). Cognate with Albanian ndjell (“to lure, attract”). Alternatively, Middle English tylle is from Anglo-Norman tylle (“compartment”), from Old French tille (“compartment, shelter on a ship”), from Old Norse þilja (“plank”).

## AI Etymology
Till is from Middle English tylle (“till”), possibly from Middle English tillen (“to draw”) from Old English *tyllan (“to draw, attract”) (as in betyllan (“to lure, decoy”) and fortyllan (“to draw away”); related to *tollian > Middle English tollen). Cognate with Albanian ndjell (“to lure, attract”). Alternatively, Middle English tylle is from Anglo-Norman tylle (“compartment”), from Old French tille (“compartment, shelter on a ship”), from Old Norse þilja (“plank”). Derived formations include no-till, till-tapper.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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