ago
postpadjectivetop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈɡəʊ//
- United States//əˈɡoʊ//
- /[əˈɡʌo]/
- //ˈə.ɡo//
- /[ɐ.ɡoˑ]/
Before now, before the present time
postp
- 1
Before now, before the present time
I got married ten years ago.
When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago.
It was two weeks ago that I saw her last.
Two years ago a pair of scientists sparked fears of a devastating virus.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *gāną Proto-West Germanic *gān Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān Old English āgān Middle English agon English ago 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. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).
adjective
- 1
archaicGone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
in days ago / in days agone
- 2
archaicNearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)
Woe the day—she is agone!
ago · Before now, before the present time
agony · Extreme pain or anguish.agree · To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to…agreeable · Able to agree; possible to be agreed.