till
/tɪl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
noun
A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
Example Sentences
- "She stayed till the very end."
- "I have to work till eight o'clock tonight."
- "Similar sentiments will recur to everyone familiar with his writings all through them till the very end."
- "The line was authorised on June 23, 1864, but not opened till July 11, 1881."
- "While the PA has not always seen eye-to-eye with US foreign policy, its survival remained, till recently, a top American priority."
- "If you thought Wytrzyszczka was a mouthful, wait till you try saying Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu."
Etymology
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”).