A1adjective · frequent

ago

Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed awayGone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

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UK/əˈɡəʊ/US/əˈɡoʊ/

» It happened a long time ago.

Es ist vor langer Zeit passiert.

Это произошло давным-давно.

Это случилось давным-давно.

Це трапилося дуже давно.

Це сталося дуже давно.

Meaning

2 senses

(archaic, dialectal, not comparable)Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
in days ago / in days agone
gone by; or in the past
(archaic, dialectal, not comparable)Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)
Woe the day—she is agone!

Examples

3756 sentences

It happened a long time ago.
Це трапилося дуже давно.
ruЭто произошло давным-давно.
deEs ist vor langer Zeit passiert.
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I met her an hour ago.
Я зустрів її годину тому.
ruЯ встретил её час назад.
deIch habe sie vor einer Stunde getroffen.
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The accident happened two hours ago.
Аварія сталася дві години тому.
ruАвария произошла два часа назад.
deDer Unfall ist vor zwei Stunden passiert.
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She left home ten minutes ago.
Вона вийшла з будинку десять хвилин тому.
ruОна ушла из дома десять минут назад.
deSie ist vor zehn Minuten aus dem Haus gegangen.
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I saw her a week ago.
Я бачив її тиждень тому.
ruЯ видел её неделю назад.
deIch habe sie vor einer Woche gesehen.
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Origin

From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pas

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”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

gone by; or in the past:agone

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

B1Since and for with the present perfect — Because the lesson uses it

Collocations

12 patterns

three years ago
years ago
days days ago
three months ago
three weeks ago
long time ago
months ago
hours ago
days ago
minutes ago
weeks ago
an hour ago

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