Meaning

2 senses
  1. (archaic, dialectal, not comparable)Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

    in days ago / in days agone

    gone by; or in the past

  2. (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
  1. It happened a long time ago.

    Це трапилося дуже давно. — deniko

    ruЭто произошло давным-давно. — Hellerick

    deEs ist vor langer Zeit passiert. — MUIRIEL

  2. I met her an hour ago.

    Я зустрів її годину тому. — deniko

    ruЯ встретил её час назад. — Lenin_1917

    deIch habe sie vor einer Stunde getroffen. — xtofu80

  3. The accident happened two hours ago.

    Аварія сталася дві години тому. — aandrusiak

    ruАвария произошла два часа назад. — marafon

    deDer Unfall ist vor zwei Stunden passiert. — samueldora

  4. She left home ten minutes ago.

    Вона вийшла з будинку десять хвилин тому. — rmdas

    ruОна ушла из дома десять минут назад. — Lenin_1917

    deSie ist vor zehn Minuten aus dem Haus gegangen. — wolfgangth

  5. I saw her a week ago.

    Я бачив її тиждень тому. — deniko

    ruЯ видел её неделю назад. — marafon

    deIch habe sie vor einer Woche gesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ago — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto