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ago

UK/əˈɡəʊ/ US/əˈɡoʊ/ very common
adverb (1) adjective (1)

adverb

1.

in the past

  • “long ago”
  • “sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S.”

adjective

1.

gone by; or in the past

  • “two years ago”
  • “agone”
  • “ago”
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Origin

From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone, and by surface analysis, a- + go.

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