ago

adjective
ə-gō'

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

Other meanings

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

Example sentences

“It happened ten years ago today.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“I think I talked about this a while ago.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“It's hard to properly interpret a book written thousands of years ago.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old English "āgān" (to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ago” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.