ago
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- adjective
- /əˈɡoʊ/
:
hace
- Well, not that long ago, probably two years ago.
- years ago
- decades ago
- a few years ago
Once, years ago, my father served in a trial.
- Once, years ago, my father served in a trial.
- It was a while ago, but some people hate that book.
- And yeah, that was nearly three years ago now.
- This is the suit that I wore a year ago.
- I found him at a thrift store many years ago now.
- Yeah, I wrote it about nine years ago.
- It was like almost four years ago now.
Examples
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A long time ago, I knew you did that.
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We lost her six months ago.
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And this was eight years ago or more.
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Also, my mom died nine years ago this month.
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This was not a field three years ago, right?
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Once, years ago, my father served in a trial.
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Four years ago, you were using your heart.
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I met him six months ago and he seemed like the right kind of guy.
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Eight years ago, Michael was convicted of burning down the record store where he worked.
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We met ago seven years, and things didn't work out then.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Archaic
A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ago is easy to remember: think of it as a- + gone, meaning 'gone' or 'passed'. So when you say 'two hours ago' you mean that time has already 'gone' or 'passed'.