ago

ago is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

agent - ago - agree

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ə-gō', IPA ^(key): /əˈɡoʊ/
• (UK) enPR: ə-gō', IPA ^(key): /əˈɡəʊ/

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Preposition

Preposition ago

1. At an earlier time.
   • Synonyms: back, before, since and past

   I was there ten years ago.

Usage notes

• The intransitive preposition ago requires a complement placed before it. (Some linguists call ago a postposition but we may as well still regard it as a preposition since its complement is also its external argument.)

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