agone
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- adjective
- Archaic
- That event happened long agone.
Examples
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The house stood empty, its former occupants departed ages agone.
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Such customs were observed long agone and are now forgotten.
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It is many years agone since he last visited this village.
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The memories of those days are agone but not forgotten.
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It is many years agone since he last visited this village.
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Such customs were observed long agone and are now forgotten.
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The house stood empty, its former occupants departed ages agone.
Synonyms
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1.0
Comes after a time word to show how long since something happened
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A thing that belonged to or was used before the one you have now
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Very old and from a long time ago
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From a time long ago when life was different
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From an earlier time that is now past
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From an earlier time and not happening now
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A spelling used to make a place or thing look like it is from the past
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A long time ago
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Used in old language to mean in front of someone or before a time
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At an earlier time, sometimes not long ago
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From earlier times and no longer used to talk about people or things
A long time ago
From a long time ago and not new
Before now or before a particular event
Surface Forms
Morphology
agone = ago (transparent) = ago + ne
The form 'agone' is an archaic variant directly corresponding to 'ago' with an archaic ending '-ne', so its meaning is directly derived and recognizable.
Etymology
The word agone looks like a + gone, and it means 'gone' or 'in the past'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of something that is already gone, so agone describes events or things that happened 'long ago'.