ago

Meaning

Adj

1. Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
2. Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

Adv

Before the present time

Prep

Before now.

Concepts

ago

before

previously

formerly

since

past

gone

agone

afore

at times

ever

occasionally

sometime

sometimes

previous

ahead

in the past

previous to

awhile

since olden times

earlier than

above

former

one-time

to

back

prior

syne

aforetime

erst

erstwhile

for some time

long time ago

past ages

for

since then

and so

and then

now

so

then

earlier

already

even

even now

still

yet

ahead of

prior to

hence

before now

in the first place

tofore

forward

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈɡoʊ/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

I would give a good review of the new TV I bought a week ago .

They say at Patti's house he left two hours ago .