til

¹

[ til, teel ]

noun

1. the sesame plant.

'til

²

[ til ]

preposition

1. until; till.

TIL

³

or til

abbreviation for

1. today I learned.

til

/ tiːl; tɪl /

noun

1. another name for sesame, esp a variety grown in India

Confusables Note

See till ¹.

Word History and Origins

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of til¹

C19: from Hindi, from Sanskrit tilá sesame

Example Sentences

Whether you eat it or drink it, don’t stop ‘til you get enough.

From The Daily Beast

Guess we’ll all just have to wait ‘til June 2015 to find out.

From The Daily Beast

“I’ve been very good at staying up ‘til 5am myself in the past,” she says, laughing.

From The Daily Beast

He said, “Don’t let it all go now, just hold back ‘til we cover you.”

From The Daily Beast

All of us sincerely intend, when we take our wedding vows, to live up to the ideal of ‘til death do us part.’

From The Daily Beast

The pot goeth so long to the water til at length it commeth broken home.

From Project Gutenberg

Til now late follows I sat upryght, as regards construction.

From Project Gutenberg

Til Loon was one of those who ran against his thorn and many others suffered the same fate.

From Project Gutenberg

The day cool & agreeable—I kept the children in til twelve tho' with great difficulty; they were for asserting their liberty.

From Project Gutenberg

And lede e nether figure stonde still euer-more til ou haue ydo.

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