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Definition of ago in English: agoadverb əˈɡəʊəˈɡoʊ Before the present; earlier (used with a measurement of time) two years ago his parents moved house Example sentencesExamples - I spent two weeks a few years ago proofreading it for him and confess it was hard work.
- Leary had always said that he would never ever quit smoking, but a few years ago he did.
- She had beaten off the disease five years ago after a melanoma had been found on her leg.
- He was born over eighty years ago in the house next to the church and died in a house next to the church.
- It was like a minute ago that I talked to Natalie and now I am on my way in my Jaguar to get her.
- Ten years ago there was outrage when he was released for five days to go on a holiday.
- Ok, so they probably set it up to do this ages ago, but I gave up trying quite a while ago.
- He admitted that he'd met a girl a year ago and she was moving to Derby in Jan and wanted to meet up.
- Do you ever sit back and think, five or six years ago this would have been a fairytale?
- They talk about it less now than they did a week ago, but the spectre of it is omnipresent.
- He hopes to jog a few memories in January by picking up where he left off five months ago.
- It started a week ago when I had to go down to Erith in Kent to collect some honey jars.
- Ten years ago was the worse year of my life. It was a year when nothing seemed to go right.
- In fact the last American to come close here was Daly two years ago when he tied for third.
- The owner decided to give it a trial when he got rid of his previous cab a week or two ago.
- Its not hard to find stories on the issue and it happened over a week ago so why is Younge not aware of it?
- Two days ago he went into the group's head office for the last time to clear his desk.
- Thank you to those of you who have been asking about my hospital visit a couple of weeks ago.
- His brother died of a heart attack a year ago and his father has had three attacks this year.
- There was a time, and it is only a couple of years ago, when all this would seem surreal.
Synonyms in the past, before the present, before, earlier, back, in time gone by, since, formerly, previously formal heretofore
Usage When ago is followed by a clause, the clause should be introduced by that rather than since, e.g. it was sixty years ago that I left this place (not it was sixty years ago since I left this place). The use of since is not correct in standard English Origin Middle English ago, agone, past participle of the obsolete verb ago 'pass', used to express passage of time. Rhymes aglow, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou Definition of ago in US English: agoadverbəˈɡōəˈɡoʊ (used after a measurement of time) before the present; earlier. not long ago he came across a rattlesnake outside his house Example sentencesExamples - I spent two weeks a few years ago proofreading it for him and confess it was hard work.
- The owner decided to give it a trial when he got rid of his previous cab a week or two ago.
- His brother died of a heart attack a year ago and his father has had three attacks this year.
- He was born over eighty years ago in the house next to the church and died in a house next to the church.
- Ten years ago there was outrage when he was released for five days to go on a holiday.
- He hopes to jog a few memories in January by picking up where he left off five months ago.
- Two days ago he went into the group's head office for the last time to clear his desk.
- Its not hard to find stories on the issue and it happened over a week ago so why is Younge not aware of it?
- Ok, so they probably set it up to do this ages ago, but I gave up trying quite a while ago.
- Ten years ago was the worse year of my life. It was a year when nothing seemed to go right.
- There was a time, and it is only a couple of years ago, when all this would seem surreal.
- Do you ever sit back and think, five or six years ago this would have been a fairytale?
- Leary had always said that he would never ever quit smoking, but a few years ago he did.
- It started a week ago when I had to go down to Erith in Kent to collect some honey jars.
- It was like a minute ago that I talked to Natalie and now I am on my way in my Jaguar to get her.
- He admitted that he'd met a girl a year ago and she was moving to Derby in Jan and wanted to meet up.
- Thank you to those of you who have been asking about my hospital visit a couple of weeks ago.
- She had beaten off the disease five years ago after a melanoma had been found on her leg.
- In fact the last American to come close here was Daly two years ago when he tied for third.
- They talk about it less now than they did a week ago, but the spectre of it is omnipresent.
Synonyms in the past, before the present, before, earlier, back, in time gone by, since, formerly, previously
Usage When ago is followed by a clause, the clause is normally introduced by that rather than since: it was sixty years ago that I left this place (not it was sixty years ago since I left this place). The use of since is redundant and is not correct in standard English Origin Middle English ago, agone, past participle of the obsolete verb ago ‘pass’, used to express passage of time. |