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   till

   /tɪl/

   preposition

   • 1. up to (the point in time or the event mentioned); until: "I went to bed at 8 last night and slept till 6.30" Similar untilup toup tillup untilas late asup to the time of/thatuntil such time aspendingthroughbeforeprior toprevious toup tountilup untilup tillearlier thanin advance ofante-pre-Opposite beyondafterafter

   conjunction

   • 1. up to the point in time or the event mentioned; until: "he did not enter the town till it was nearly dark"

   Word Origin Old Englishtil, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til ‘to’, also ultimately to till3.

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   What is the difference between till and till?

   • In spoken English and informal written English, till is often used instead of until. They had to wait till Monday to ring the bank manager. I've survived till now, and will go on doing so without help from you. Till is also a conjunction. I hadn't left home till I was nineteen. They slept till the alarm bleeper woke them at four.

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   Is till an abbreviation of until?

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

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   Where did the word 'till' come from?

   • Coming from prehistoric German, "Till" passed into old English as meaning a goal or fixed point in either space or time.

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   What is till verb?

   • Definition of till verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary till something to prepare and use land for growing crops Want to learn more? Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide

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   The noun till means the same as "cash register." When you work at the store long enough, they'll let you operate the till. When you pay taxes to your town, they go into the local till, or government fund, for community improvements.

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