Meaning

5 senses

  1. Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

    She stayed till the very end.

    I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.

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  2. Before (a certain time or event).

    It's twenty till two. (1:40)

  3. (dialectal)So that (something may happen).

    1953?, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot VLADIMIR: Together again at last! We'll have to celebrate this. But how? (He reflects.) Get up till I embrace you.

  4. (dialectal, obsolete)To, up to (physically).

    They led him till his tent

  5. (dialectal, obsolete)To, toward (in attitude).

Examples

726 sentences

  1. Wait here till I come back.

    Дочекайся мене. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока я не вернусь. — soweli_Elepanto

    deWarte hier, bis ich zurückkomme. — Espi

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  2. Wait here till he comes back.

    Почекай тут, поки він повернеться. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока он не вернётся. — marafon

    deWarte hier, bis er zurückkommt. — MUIRIEL

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  3. Why don't you wait till morning?

    Чому б тобі не зачекати до ранку? — deniko

    ruПочему бы тебе не подождать до утра? — marafon

    deWarum wartest du nicht bis zum Morgen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. It's a half hour till lunch.

    До обіду пів години. — Ahha

    ruДо обеда полчаса. — odexed

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  5. I can't wait till next week.

    Я не можу чекати до наступного тижня. — rmdas

    ruЯ не могу ждать до следующей недели. — marafon

    deBis nächste Woche kann ich nicht warten. — raggione

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to

From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”). Not a contraction of until; rather, until comes from till with the prefix un- (“against; toward; up to”) also found in unto. Cognate with Old Frisian til (“to, till”), Danish til (“to”), Swedish till (“to, till”), Icelandic til (“to, till”). Also related to Old English til (“good”), German Ziel (“goal”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til, “something fitting or suitable”).

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Forms

Word family

4 related words
Derivedtill datetill doomsdaytill timeup till

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wait till
  • let's wait till
  • wait here till
  • till tomorrow
  • stay here till
  • from morning till
  • morning till night
  • till next monday
  • stayed up till
  • to wait till
  • wait till tomorrow
  • till next

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tiltileB1tillertilt
till — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto