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- [til]
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- [til]
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Definitions of till word
- preposition till up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 1
- preposition till before (used in negative constructions): He did not come till today. 1
- preposition till near or at a specified time: till evening. 1
- preposition till Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S. before; to: It's ten till four on my watch. 1
- preposition till Scot. and North England. to. unto. 1
- verb with object till to labor, as by plowing or harrowing, upon (land) for the raising of crops; cultivate. 1
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Origin of till
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English (north) til < Old Norse til to, akin to Old English till station, German Ziel goal. See till2
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Parts of speech for Till
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
till popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
till usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for till
noun till
- argil — clay, esp potters' clay
- bole — the trunk of a tree
- boles — any of a variety of soft, unctuous clays of various colors, used as pigments.
- cash register — A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that is used to add up and record how much money people pay, and in which the money is kept.
- cashbox — a strongbox for holding cash, esp in a business or financial institution
prep till
- as far as — to the degree or extent that
- continuously — uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
- down to — the responsibility or fault of
adv till
- as yet — You use as yet with negative statements to describe a situation that has existed up until the present time.
- for the moment — for now
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- hitherto — up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
- in the interim — for the time being, in the meantime
verb till
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- concaved — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- concaving — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
adj till
preposition till
- awaiting — waiting
adjective till
- desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
adverb till
- yet — at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet?
Antonyms for till
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