Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. gone by; or in the past;
- Example: "two years ago"
- Example: "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"
[syn: ago, agone]
ADVERB (1)
1. in the past;
- Example: "long ago"
- Example: "sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S."
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ago \A*go"\, a. & adv. [OE. ago, agon, p. p. of agon to go away, pass by, AS. [=a]g[=a]n to pass away; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + g[=a]n to go. See Go.] Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "ago": antiquated, antique, back, back when, backward, blown over, by, bygone, bypast, dated, dead, dead and buried, deceased, defunct, departed, elapsed, expired, extinct, finished, forgotten, gone, gone by, gone glimmering, gone-by, has-been, into the past, irrecoverable, lapsed, no more, obsolete, over, passe, passed, passed away, past, reminiscently, retroactively, retrospectively, run out, since, vanished, wound up

