till
up to a particular time
How often you will meet it
Rank 249 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 89,346 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.042% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
preposition
- up to a particular time
conjunction
- up to the time when
till in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Till at last a day came in early May.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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They beat him again, till their arms were tired, and staggered to bed.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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I suppose I've been by it hundreds of times, but I never saw it till to-day.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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I have always been my own master; had at least always been so, till I met Dorian Gray.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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I could not see till it came within two oars length, when taking my fusee, I let fly at him.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1