Dictionary Entry

till

Part of SpeechprepositionPronunciation/tɪl/Used In Literature ↓

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

In a Sentence

“I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

now tilltill waittill continuedtill there

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Poetry examples for “till”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The lads you leave will mind you
Till Ludlow tower shall fall.

And you till trump of doomsday
On lands of morn may lie,

With empty hands I stroll:
Sea-deep, till doomsday morning,
Lie lost my heart and soul.

" 'Tis long till eve and morn are gone:
Slow the endless night comes on,

And since till girls go maying
You find the primrose still,

The lads you leave will mind you
Till Ludlow tower shall fall.

Of the wrong my father did?
How long, how long, till spade and hearse
Put to sleep my mother's curse?

With empty hands I stroll:
Sea-deep, till doomsday morning,
Lie lost my heart and soul.

Is to hate their fellow man;
And till they drop they needs must still
Look at you and wish you ill.

There’s chaps from the town and the field and the till and the