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View synonyms for ago

ago

[ uh-goh ]

adjective

  1. gone; gone by; past (usually preceded by a noun):

    five days ago.



adverb

  1. in past time; in the past:

    All this happened long ago.

ago

/ əˈɡəʊ /

adverb

  1. in the past

    long ago

    five years ago

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Usage

The use of ago with since ( it's ten years ago since he wrote the novel ) is redundant and should be avoided: it is ten years since he wrote the novel
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ago1

before 1000; Middle English ago ( n ), Old English āgān, past participle of āgān to go by, pass, equivalent to ā- a- 3 + gān to go 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ago1

C14 ago, from Old English āgān to pass away
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Example Sentences

Why would “they” want to crush him just for attempting to buy something twenty years ago?

The rebels though seemed somewhat chastened by the result despite more than doubling the anti-Boehner votes from two years ago.

Decades ago, the writer-director wrote an episode of the animated comedy that never was.

The Daily Beast has followed some of the refugees who landed in Sicily a month ago.

This was nine fewer than what he needed just two years ago when 426 members of the House voted.

Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.

Was he really condemned to an eternal solitude because of the girl who had died so many years ago?

Four years ago Hetton's horse had been first favourite, but it was ignominiously beaten.

Fern cases were very much in vogue some years ago, and this is really a very delightful way of cultivating the plants.

"That is why I told you the other meeting seemed a long time ago," explained the girl.

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