Till
31till — I [[t]tɪl[/t]] prep. 1) up to the time of; until: to fight till death[/ex] 2) before (used in negative constructions): They didn t come till today[/ex] 3) cvb dial. before; to: My watch says ten till four[/ex] 4) scot. Chiefly Scot. to 5) fun… …
32till — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑cash register ADJECTIVE ▪ computerized, electronic TILL + VERB ▪ ring ▪ a sales idea that has set tills ringing all over the country …
33till — till1 [ tıl ] function word ** Till can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): I won t be back till late. as a conjunction (connecting two clauses): James lived with his parents till he was twenty five. until: Till… …
34till — till1 S1 [tıl, tl] prep, conj spoken until ▪ I didn t have a boyfriend till I was 17. ▪ The shop s open till nine o clock on Fridays. till 2 till2 [tıl] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Anglo French; Origin: tylle] 1.) BrE a ma …
35till — [[t]tɪ̱l[/t]] ♦♦♦ tills, tilling, tilled 1) PREP 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 …
36till — {{11}}till (n.) cashbox, mid 15c., from Anglo Fr. tylle compartment, O.Fr. tille compartment, shelter on a ship, probably from O.N. þilja plank, floorboard, from P.Gmc. *theljon. The other theory is that the word is from M.E. tillen to draw, from …
37till — until, till 1. Till is not a shortened form of until but is the older word; the un of until adds the element ‘up to, as far as’. The two words can both be used as prepositions (e.g. until/till tomorrow) or conjunctions (e.g. until/till we reach… …
38till — 1. prep. & conj. prep. 1 up to or as late as (wait till six o clock; did not return till night). 2 up to the time of (faithful till death; waited till the end). conj. 1 up to the time when (wait till I return). 2 so long that (laughed till I… …
39till — I prep till havs, till slut, sitta till bords II adv till havs, till slut, sitta till bords …
40till — English has three distinct words till, but two of them are probably related. The etymological notion underlying till ‘cultivate the soil’ [OE] is of ‘striving to obtain a goal’. Indeed, that is what its Old English ancestor tilian originally… …
