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a·go A0145300 (ə-gō′)adv. & adj.1. Gone by; past: two years ago.2. In the past: It happened ages ago.
[Middle English, past participle of agon, to go away, from Old English āgān : ā-, intensive pref. + gān, to go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]ago (əˈɡəʊ) advin the past: five years ago; long ago. [C14 ago, from Old English āgān to pass away]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 novela•go (əˈgoʊ)
adj. 1. gone; gone by; past (usu. prec. by a noun): five days ago. adv. 2. in the past: It happened long ago. [before 1000; Middle English ago(n), Old English āgān, past participle of āgān to go by, pass =ā- a-3 + gān to go1] agoYou use ago to say how much time has passed since something happened. For example, if it is now Sunday and something happened on Thursday, it happened three days ago. We met two months ago.We got married about a year ago.Be Careful!
You use the past simple, not the present perfect, with ago. For example, you say 'He died four years ago'. Don't say 'He has died four years ago'. Seven years ago, she gave birth to their daughter, Nelly.I did it just a moment ago.You use ago only when you are talking about a period of time measured back from the present. If you are talking about a period measured back from an earlier time, you use the past perfect with before or previously. The centre had been opened some years before.The accident had happened nearly two years previously.Be Careful!
Don't use ago and 'since' together. Don't say, for example, 'It is three years ago since it happened'. You say 'It happened three years ago' or 'It is three years since it happened'. He died two years ago.It is two weeks since I wrote to him.See sinceBe Careful!
Don't say, for example, 'It has been happening since three years ago'. You say 'It has been happening for three years'. I have lived here for nearly twenty years.I have known you for a long time.See forThesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  ago - gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"agonepast - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" | | Adv. | 1. |  ago - in the past; "long ago"; "sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S." |
agoadverb previously, back, before, since, earlier, formerly He was killed a few days ago in an accident.Usage: Although since can be used as a synonym of ago in certain contexts, the use of ago and since together, as in it's ten years ago since he wrote that novel, is redundant. Instead, it would be correct to use it is ten years since he wrote that novel, or it is ten years ago that he wrote that novel.Translationsago (əˈgəu) adverb at a certain time in the past. two years ago; Long ago, men lived in caves; How long ago did he leave? 以前 以前- A month ago → 一个月前
- A week ago → 一星期前
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four score and seven years agoEighty-seven years ago. (A "score" is a set of 20 items.) The iconic first line of US President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, the speech he delivered at the dedication of the national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln gave this speech in 1863—87 years after 1776, the year of the founding of the United States. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.See also: ago, and, four, score, seven, yearmany moons agoA long time in the past. I used to be quite the athlete, many moons ago.See also: ago, many, moona while backAt some point in the past. I bought this dress a while back but have never had a chance to wear it.See also: back, whilelong ago1. adverb At a point or during a period of time long before the present. I traveled to India so long ago that it feels like a distant dream now.2. noun A point or period of time long before the present. His poetry is haunted by the myths and memories of long ago.See also: ago, longa while backAlso, a while ago. Some time in the past, as in I ran into Barbara a while back but didn't get her new address, or John wrote me a while ago about his new baby. This term uses a while in the sense of "a short or moderate time," a usage dating from about 1300. See also: back, whilelong agoA time well before the present, the distant past. For example, I read that book long ago, or The battles of long ago were just as fierce. [Second half of 1300s] See also: ago, longmany moons ago a long time ago. informal The reference here is to the phases of the moon marking out the months.See also: ago, many, moonmany ˈmoons ago (literary) a very long time ago: Many moons ago, when I was young...See also: ago, many, moon long ago1. At a time or during a period well before the present: I read that book long ago.2. A time well before the present: heroes of long ago.See also: ago, longMedicalSeeFBXW7AGO
AGOGOST 7.67 Latin three-letter geocode for Angola. The code is used for transactions to and from Angolan bank accounts and for international shipping to Angola. As with all GOST 7.67 codes, it is used primarily in Cyrillic alphabets.AGO
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| AGO➣Art Gallery of Ontario | | AGO➣Attorney General's Office (State of Washington) | | AGO➣Angola (ISO Country code) | | AGO➣American Guild of Organists | | AGO➣Australian Greenhouse Office | | AGO➣Assembléia Geral Ordinária (Ordinary General Meeting; Brazil) | | AGO➣Adjutant General's Office (USA) | | AGO➣Attorney General Opinion | | AGO➣Assicurazione Generale Obbligatoria (Italian: Mandatory General Insurance) | | AGO➣Acquisition and Grants Office (US NOAA) | | AGO➣Richard Gilder Graduate School (American Museum of Natural History; New York) | | AGO➣Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (Australia) | | AGO➣Air Ground Operations | | AGO➣Alpha Gamma Omega (Christian fraternity) | | AGO➣Automotive Gas Oil | | AGO➣Agenzia Giornalistica Online (Italian: Journalistic Agency Online) | | AGO➣Aims, Goals, Objectives (education) | | AGO➣Armygeddon (gaming clan) | | AGO➣Accumulated Generating Operation | | AGO➣Arresting Gear Officer (US Navy) | | AGO➣Automated Geophysical Observatory | | AGO➣Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie eV (Munich, Germany) | | AGO➣Administrative Grant Officer | | AGO➣Arresting Gear Operator | | AGO➣American Gastroenterological Organization | | AGO➣Santiago, Chile STDN Station | | AGO➣Audit et Gestion Opérationnels (French: Audit and Operational Management; University of Lyon) | | AGO➣Alpine Grand Ouest (French automobile association) |
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Synonyms for agoadv previouslySynonyms- previously
- back
- before
- since
- earlier
- formerly
Synonyms for agoadj gone bySynonymsRelated Words |