Definitions for AGO
əˈgoʊago

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. ago, agoneadverb

   gone by; or in the past

   "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"

2. agoadverb

   in the past

   "long ago"; "sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S."

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. agoadjective

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

   in days ago/in days agone

2. agoadjective

   Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

3. agopreposition

   Past; gone by; since.

4. Etymology: From ago, agon, past participle of agon, from agan, from uz-, equivalent to. Cognate with ergehen. Compare also agangan,
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Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Agoadverb

   whence writers formerly used, and in some provinces the people still use, agone for ago. Past; as, long ago; that is, long time has past since. Reckoning time towards the present, we use since; as, it is a year since it happened: reckoning from the present, we use ago; as, it happened a year ago. This is not, perhaps, always observed.

   Etymology: agan , Sax. past or gone;

   Be of good comfort: for the great supply,
   That was expected by the Dauphin here,
   Are wreck’d three nights ago on Godwin sands. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   This both by others and myself I know,
   For I have serv’d their sovereign long ago;
   Oft have been caught within the winding train. John Dryden, Fab.

   I shall set down an account of a discourse I chanced to have with one of them some time ago. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ago

   "Ago" is an adverb used to indicate a period of time before the present or the current point in time. It is commonly used in past tense to refer to a specific length of time prior to now. For example, 'one week ago' means one week before the current time.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ago

   past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago

2. Etymology: [OE. ago, agon, p. p. of agon to go away, pass by, AS. gn to pass away; - (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + gn to go. See Go.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ago

   Ago was a town located in Shima District, Mie, Japan. On October 1, 2004 Ago was merged with the towns of Daiō, Hamajima, Isobe and Shima, all from Shima District, to form the new city of Shima and no longer exists as an independent municipality. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,972 and a density of 523.52 persons per km². The total area was 43.88 km².

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ago

   a-gō′, Agone, a-gon′, adv. gone: past: since. [Pa.p. of A.S. āgān, to pass away—inten. pfx. ā-, and gān, to go.]

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1. ago

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2. AGO

   What does AGO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the AGO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. AGO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ago is ranked #73005 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ago surname appeared 266 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ago.
   
   61.6% or 164 total occurrences were White.
   21.8% or 58 total occurrences were Asian.
   10.5% or 28 total occurrences were Black.
   4.5% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AGO' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #513

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AGO' in Written Corpus Frequency: #364

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AGO' in Adverbs Frequency: #65

Anagrams for AGO »

1. GAO

2. goa

3. Goa

How to pronounce AGO?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say AGO in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of AGO in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of AGO in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of AGO in a Sentence

1. Thomas Frieden:

   Until a few months ago, no one had any idea that Zika could cause birth defects.

2. Nick Pacilio:

   I'd advise passing the next time someone sends along German Twitter data from three years ago in the context of the 2016 U.S. election.

3. Garry Kasparov:

   I see no chance for Russia now to move from Putin's brutal dictatorship into something that will be even (as) mild as we had 10 years ago.

4. Jeb Bush:

   Oh yeah. 600 years ago, i'm telling you what they say on the border. Not in Pensacola, because we don't have a border problem here. I'm talking about the people that are on the ground, what they say. It's not feasible and it would tear apart their community, would hurt their economic activity, and it's not needed because there are better ways to deal with this.

5. JamesAllen:

   A decade ago, proposals and engagements were not as meticulously planned as they are today.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=AGO
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ago
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=AGO
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AGO
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=AGO
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=AGO
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html