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AGO
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gone by; or in the past
Example:
'agone' is an archaic word for 'ago'
Synonyms:
ago; agone
Classified under:
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the past
Example:
sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S.
Classified under:
Context examples:
The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
An individual who is presently or not long ago worked or offered to assist without pay at a temporary housing facility for persons without a stable or permanent residence.
(Current or Recent Employee or Volunteer in Homeless Shelter, NCI Thesaurus)
Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago.
(Cat, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
If you and I sat down 15 years ago and thought about, 'I wonder how dumping enormous amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere will affect our well-being,'
(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)
This device was invented three years ago and could reportedly serve military assault or logistics purposes.
(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)
An individual who is presently or not long ago worked or offered to assist without pay at an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public.
(Current or Recent Employee or Volunteer in Jail or Prison, NCI Thesaurus)
An individual who is presently or not long ago worked or offered to assist without pay at a residential health care facility for persons with chronic illness or disability.
(Current or Recent Employee or Volunteer in Nursing Home, NCI Thesaurus)
Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) Compared to 6 months ago, my Parkinson's symptoms are.
(PDQUALIF - Parkinson's Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)
The second period of the Mesozoic era, thought to have covered the span of time between 190 and 135 million years ago.
(Jurassic period, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
An epoch of the Quaternary period dating from the end of the Pleistocene approximately 11,000 years ago until the present.
(Holocene epoch, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
