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# till

«till» in Mova's school dictionary: **until, up to a time: open from 9 till 5** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition, conjunction, noun, verb (till, tills, tilled)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Till means until, up to a time: open from 9 till 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#m1)

2) A till is the drawer or machine where a shop keeps money and gives change (a cash register). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#m2)

3) To till the soil is to dig and prepare it for planting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: marks the end of a period of time: «from 9 till 5» asks for elapsed time (8 hours); «saved till she had 50» gives the goal amount; money in the till. Farming: farmers till the land before sowing. Everyday: «pay at the till», «wait till later».

### examples

- The shop is open from 9 till 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x1)
- She saved till she had 50 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x2)
- There are 200 dollars in the till. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x3)
- He worked till noon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x4)
- Wait till the green man shows before you cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x5)
- Please pay at the till. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x6)
- The farmer tills his fields in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x7)
- We played till it got dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x8)
- Do this each day till I return." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/#x9)

### note

Same meaning as «until»; «'til» is also seen. «From 9 till 5» asks for elapsed time (8 hours). «Saved till she had 50» gives the goal amount. Trap: «from 9 till 5» crosses noon, so think on a clock, not 5 − 9.

### In the corpora

- [Supermarkets are designed to make people buy more than they planned, with offers, smells and treats by the tills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/12/)
- [She whispers to her mum that the girls watched a scary film and she lay awake till three, listening to every creak.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings/5/)
- [The King: «Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/33/)
- [No, says the Rat — he must stick by Toad till it's over; it won't take long.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/6/)
- [I ought to stick by Toad till this trip is ended.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «till» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/till/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.