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.

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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.]

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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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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

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. John McCain:

   They're just kind of that pent-up desire that Alaska needs a new representative and it should have happened a long time ago, and I'm willing to do it.

2. Pizza Hut:

   The Original Stuffed Crust pizza was a game changer 25 years ago, and while there have been many imitators, nothing beats Original Stuffed Crust from Pizza Hut, in fact, over the years, weve had fans ask us if they could order just the stuffed crust by itself because its that good.

3. Yolande Bouka:

   Dissent is very violently and swiftly repressed by the government, therefore the likelihood of protests as we saw in Burundi and Burkina Faso or even Senegal a few years ago is quite unlikely.

4. Garrett Reisman:

   To see NASA step up and say,' We should have trusted SpaceX more' — If you would have played that clip about eight years ago, I would have been flabbergasted, it would have been pure science fiction.

5. Rick Wade:

   It's now an issue of timing for Sanders, this should have started two years ago -- building infrastructure and relationships across South Carolina and beyond.

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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