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till English

Meaning till meaning

What does till mean?
Definitions in simple English

till Preposition

— In a period of time ending at a time someone says. We will tell stories till it is time to sleep.

till Verb

— To make the earth ready for seeds.

till Noun

— A till is cash register; a machine which counts sales in shops and stores the money. The till contained one hundred dollars at the end of the day

till

— noun unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together — verb work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation till the soil — noun (= public treasury) a treasury for government funds — noun (= cashbox) a strongbox for holding cash

Synonyms till synonyms

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till English » English

until cultivate plough up to plow cash register before as far as to money box dig cashbox boulder clay trough til plant moraine farm as long as work while when turn over spade shove purse public treasury poke jab handbag grow gibe dress checkout counter cash box by yet work the land whenever wheels wallet up till unto treasury through scarify safe rewrite revise rabbet

Topics till topics

What do people use till to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal
States Time Relative time Right time

Late

Conjugation till conjugation

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till · verb

Examples till examples

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Simple sentences

You must be here till five.
Wait here till I come back.
Wait till the rain stops.
I waited for her till it got dark.
Can the matter wait till tomorrow?
We talked till after eleven o'clock.
I'll stay there till six o'clock.
He is late. Let's wait for him till 5:30.
She won't be back till five.
Why don't you wait till morning?
You never realize the value of something till you lose it.
I had to wait for Tom till the end.
If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you.
You must not smoke till you grow up.
I'll stay here till you get back.
The meeting will be postponed till the 20th of this month.
We carried on the discussion till late at night.
Our food supplies will last till April.
Rosie was allowed to stay up till eleven o'clock.
You never know what you can do till you try.
Bob suggested that the party be put off till Wednesday.
We won't start till Bob comes.
Don't get off the bus till it stops.
I will wait till you have written the letter.
I did not miss my purse till I got home.
I didn't miss my watch till I got home.
The noise grew fainter, till it was heard no more.
I got along so well with the guy sitting next to me at the pub that we ended up drinking together till dawn.

Movie subtitles

I'll wait till you come out.
But there still time till the shooting.
It'll have to wait till the security situation in Area 11 has stabilized.
Just.. let me walk with you till the office.
Please let me walk with you till the office.
I'm pausing the primary survey till the patient gets something for the pain.
Took three hours till the janitor found us.
Oh, well, this will spot you till you get back on your feet then, huh?
So I can either wait till tomorrow at the same time, or I can go to the warehouse in Long Beach and talk to them.
Well, we have about 15 minutes till school lets out.
I don't get hungry till half past 12.
Go straight back to your flat and stay with your wife till it arrives.
I didn't find out about the commissary till yesterday.
Not till he gets back from his facial.
Mmm. Wait till you see them under clothes.
I thought so till you came along.
You keep an eye on him till I get back with the bottle.
Nah. I never see'd him till he signed on this trip.
If he asks after me, you tell him you never see'd me, till you signed on this trip.
Watch him till he leaves the Pawnees, and then give it to him in the back.
See, I've saw Zeke do that till he broke his arm.
We'll never have peace till Rico's gone. I'm going to do it.
Wait till you see how gentle she is, and good as gold.
Wait till I bring him into the light.
Wait till I get through.
Not yet, but wait till I get you outside.
There'll be no problem till the second round.
We must certainly win till the end.
Were you frightened till like this?
Oh, I don't work here. Oh, well, this will spot you till you get back on your feet then, huh?
I recommend leave till midnight. - Very good, sir.
Leave till midnight.
Hmm! It'll take till midnight to dry our clothes.
I never saw one till I came up here.
And I suppose most of them never saw a German till they came up here.
You think he'll last till after mess?
This war don't end till they really get me.
From 3 o'clock till just now the jury was out deliberating.

News and current affairs

Surplus rural folk could find land to till in the New World's vast frontiers or industrial employment in its growing cities.
Indeed, many of the elderly in rural Russia are forced to sustain themselves by growing potatoes on the tiny plots of land that the government allows them to till.
Herbicide-tolerant plants have decreased herbicide use and encouraged the widespread adoption of no-till farming, markedly reducing topsoil loss and promoting soil fertility.
Finally, if a country's public institutions are in the thrall of oligarchs who are accustomed to stealing with impunity from the public till, a flat tax may be the only way to induce the wealthy to pay any tax at all.
In addition, as Till von Wachter of Columbia University has documented, prolonged periods of unemployment for parents have a severe and lasting negative impact on their children.
Let us go farther: Who allows young people to bathe from morning till night in blood flowing on television and movie screens, and yet are sanctimonious and astonished about the aggressiveness of the young?

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