"ago" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈɡoʊ/ [General-American], /əˈɡəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-ago.ogg [US] Forms: more ago [comparative], most ago [superlative]
enPR: ə-gō' Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|ago}} Middle English ago, {{m|enm|agon|t=passed}} agon (“passed”), {{m|enm|agon|t=to depart, escape, pass}} agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), {{der|en|ang|āgān|t=to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass}} Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*uz-|t=out}} Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), {{m|gem-pro|*gāną|t=to go}} *gāną (“to go”), {{af|en|a-|gone|nocat=1}} a- + gone, {{cog|de|ergehen|t=to come to pass, fare, go forth}} German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”), {{cog|osx|āgangan|t=to go or pass by}} Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), {{cog|got|𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽|t=to go forth}} Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ago (comparative more ago, superlative most ago)
  1. (archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-ago-en-adj-nEl2VbAs Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 44 27 15 14
  2. (archaic or dialectal) Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century) Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-ago-en-adj-cN03avVp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English postpositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 60 5 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 53 5 20 Disambiguation of English postpositions: 38 58 0 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: agoe, agon, agone, ygo, ygoe [obsolete]

Adverb

IPA: /əˈɡoʊ/ [General-American], /əˈɡəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-ago.ogg [US] Forms: more ago [comparative], most ago [superlative]
enPR: ə-gō' Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|ago}} Middle English ago, {{m|enm|agon|t=passed}} agon (“passed”), {{m|enm|agon|t=to depart, escape, pass}} agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), {{der|en|ang|āgān|t=to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass}} Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*uz-|t=out}} Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), {{m|gem-pro|*gāną|t=to go}} *gāną (“to go”), {{af|en|a-|gone|nocat=1}} a- + gone, {{cog|de|ergehen|t=to come to pass, fare, go forth}} German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”), {{cog|osx|āgangan|t=to go or pass by}} Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), {{cog|got|𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽|t=to go forth}} Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} ago (comparative more ago, superlative most ago)
  1. before Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-ago-en-adv-bbfYA-dP Disambiguation of Time: 0 14 56 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: agoe, agon, agone, ygo, ygoe [obsolete]

Preposition

IPA: /əˈɡoʊ/ [General-American], /əˈɡəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-ago.ogg [US]
enPR: ə-gō' Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|ago}} Middle English ago, {{m|enm|agon|t=passed}} agon (“passed”), {{m|enm|agon|t=to depart, escape, pass}} agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), {{der|en|ang|āgān|t=to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass}} Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*uz-|t=out}} Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), {{m|gem-pro|*gāną|t=to go}} *gāną (“to go”), {{af|en|a-|gone|nocat=1}} a- + gone, {{cog|de|ergehen|t=to come to pass, fare, go forth}} German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”), {{cog|osx|āgangan|t=to go or pass by}} Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), {{cog|got|𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽|t=to go forth}} Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} ago, {{en-prep}} ago
  1. (used postpositively) Before now. Tags: used postpositively Derived forms: four score and seven years ago, long ago, long long ago, many moons ago, three days ago, two years ago Translations (past; gone by; since): parë (Albanian), قَبْلَ (qabla) (Arabic), من (men) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), առաջ (aṙaǰ) (Armenian), hai (Asturian), əvvəl (Azerbaijani), qabaq (Azerbaijani), bundan əvvəl (Azerbaijani), bundan qabaq (Azerbaijani), элек (elek) (Bashkir), orain dela, duela (Basque), таму́ (tamú) (Belarusian), преди́ (predí) (Bulgarian), fa (Catalan), 之前 (zi¹ cin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 以前 (yǐqián) (Chinese Mandarin), 之前 (zhīqián) (Chinese Mandarin), nans yw (Cornish), před (note: used before the time) (Czech), for ... siden (Danish), geleden (Dutch), antaŭ (Esperanto), tagasi (Estonian), sitten (Finnish), il y a (note: used before the time) (French), fai (Galician), წინათ (c̣inat) (Georgian), vor (note: used before the time) (German), πριν (prin) (Greek), de sa (Haitian Creole), לִפְנֵי (lif'néi) (Hebrew), पहले (pahle) (Hindi), बहुत पहले (bahut pahle) (Hindi), -val/-vel ezelőtt (e.g. egy órával ezelőtt: one hour ago) (note: after the time) (Hungarian), fyrir (Icelandic), yang lalu (Indonesian), takas (Ingrian), ó shin (Irish), fa (Italian), (mae) (alt: まえ) (Japanese), 以前に (izen ni) (alt: いぜんに) (Japanese), មុន (mʊn) (Khmer), 전에 (jeone) (Korean), aze (Ladino), faze (Ladino), abhinc (Latin), pirms (Latvian), pśed (note: used before the time) (Lower Sorbian), lalu (Malay), lepas (Malay), മുമ്പ് (mumpŭ) (Malayalam), ilu (Maltese), өмнө (ömnö) (Mongolian), for ... siden (Norwegian Bokmål), for ... sidan (Norwegian Nynorsk), a (Occitan), for (note: used before the time) (Old English), پیش (piš) (Persian), قبل (qabl) (Persian), (dawno) temu (Polish), wcześniej (Polish), (Portuguese), atrás (Portuguese), faz (Portuguese), înainte cu (Romanian), în urmă (Romanian), acum (Romanian), тому́ наза́д (tomú nazád) (Russian), наза́д (nazád) (Russian), syne (Scots), o chionn (Scottish Gaelic), air ais (Scottish Gaelic), при̏је [Cyrillic, Ijekavian] (Serbo-Croatian), пре̏ [Cyrillic, Ekavian] (Serbo-Croatian), prȉje [Ijekavian, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prȅ [Ekavian, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dozadu (Slovak), pred (Slovene), hace (note: used before the time) (Spanish), atrás (note: used after the time) (Spanish), ha (Spanish), för ... sedan (Swedish), แล้ว (lɛ́ɛo) (Thai), ก่อน (gɔ̀ɔn) (Thai), แต่ก่อน (dtɛ̀ɛ-gɔ̀ɔn) (Thai), ที่แล้ว (tîi-lɛ́ɛo) (Thai), སྔོན་ལ (sngon la) (Tibetan), önce (Turkish), тому́ (tomú) (Ukrainian), trước đây (Vietnamese), yn ôl (Welsh), lyn (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-ago-en-prep-0pE9-5q4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: agoe, agon, agone, ygo, ygoe [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "āgān",
        "t": "to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*uz-",
        "t": "out"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*gāną",
        "t": "to go"
      },
      "expansion": "*gāną (“to go”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "gone",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "a- + gone",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ergehen",
        "t": "to come to pass, fare, go forth"
      },
      "expansion": "German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "āgangan",
        "t": "to go or pass by"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽",
        "t": "to go forth"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "prepositions",
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      },
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "four score and seven years ago"
        },
        {
          "word": "long ago"
        },
        {
          "word": "long long ago"
        },
        {
          "word": "many moons ago"
        },
        {
          "word": "three days ago"
        },
        {
          "word": "two years ago"
        }
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        {
          "text": "I got married ten years ago.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August 10, “Damned if you don’t”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
          "text": "Two years ago a pair of scientists sparked fears of a devastating virus.",
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        }
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        "Before now."
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      ],
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        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "parë"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qabla",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "قَبْلَ"
        },
        {
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "men",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
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        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "aṙaǰ",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "առաջ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "hai"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "əvvəl"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "qabaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "bundan əvvəl"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "bundan qabaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "elek",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "элек"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "orain dela, duela"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "tamú",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "таму́"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predí",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "преди́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "fa"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zi¹ cin⁴",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "之前"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐqián",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "以前"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhīqián",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "之前"
        },
        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "nans yw"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "note": "used before the time",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "před"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "for ... siden"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "geleden"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "antaŭ"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "tagasi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "sitten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "used before the time",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "il y a"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "fai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣inat",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "წინათ"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "used before the time",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "vor"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "prin",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "πριν"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "de sa"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lif'néi",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "לִפְנֵי"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pahle",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "पहले"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bahut pahle",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "बहुत पहले"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "after the time",
          "roman": "e.g. egy órával ezelőtt: one hour ago",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "-val/-vel ezelőtt"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "-a/-e/-ja/-je (e.g. egy órája: one hour ago)",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "fyrir"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "yang lalu"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "takas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "ó shin"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "fa"
        },
        {
          "alt": "まえ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mae",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "前"
        },
        {
          "alt": "いぜんに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "izen ni",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "以前に"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mʊn",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "មុន"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeone",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "전에"
        },
        {
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "aze"
        },
        {
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "faze"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "abhinc"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "pirms"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "lalu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "lepas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "mumpŭ",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "മുമ്പ്"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "ilu"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ömnö",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "өмнө"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "for ... siden"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "for ... sidan"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "a"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "note": "used before the time",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "for"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "piš",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "پیش"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qabl",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "قبل"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "(dawno) temu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "wcześniej"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "há"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "atrás"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "faz"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "înainte cu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "în urmă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "acum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tomú nazád",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "тому́ наза́д"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nazád",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "наза́д"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "syne"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "o chionn"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "air ais"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "Ijekavian"
          ],
          "word": "при̏је"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "Ekavian"
          ],
          "word": "пре̏"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "tags": [
            "Ijekavian",
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "prȉje"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "tags": [
            "Ekavian",
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "prȅ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "dozadu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "pred"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "note": "used before the time",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "pśed"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "used before the time",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "hace"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "used after the time",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "atrás"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "ha"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "för ... sedan"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lɛ́ɛo",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "แล้ว"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gɔ̀ɔn",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "ก่อน"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtɛ̀ɛ-gɔ̀ɔn",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "แต่ก่อน"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tîi-lɛ́ɛo",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "ที่แล้ว"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "sngon la",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "སྔོན་ལ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "önce"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tomú",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "тому́"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "trước đây"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "yn ôl"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "past; gone by; since",
          "word": "lyn"
        }
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/əˈɡəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-ago.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/En-us-ago.ogg/En-us-ago.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-ago.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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      "enpr": "ə-gō'"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "agoe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "agon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "agone"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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}
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    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English postpositions",
    "English prepositions",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English three-letter words",
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    "Rhymes:English/əʊ/2 syllables",
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    "yo:Body parts"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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    },
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
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      },
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      "ipa": "/əˈɡəʊ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    "English prepositions",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English three-letter words",
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      "word": "long long ago"
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      "word": "many moons ago"
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      "args": {
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      ],
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          "ref": "2013 August 10, “Damned if you don’t”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "parë"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qabla",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "قَبْلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "men",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "من"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙaǰ",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "առաջ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "hai"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "əvvəl"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "qabaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "bundan əvvəl"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "bundan qabaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "elek",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "элек"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "orain dela, duela"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tamú",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "таму́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predí",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "преди́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "fa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zi¹ cin⁴",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "之前"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐqián",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "以前"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīqián",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "之前"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "nans yw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "note": "used before the time",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "před"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "for ... siden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "geleden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "antaŭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "tagasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "sitten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "used before the time",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "il y a"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "fai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣inat",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "წინათ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "used before the time",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "vor"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prin",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "πριν"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "de sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lif'néi",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "לִפְנֵי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pahle",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "पहले"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahut pahle",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "बहुत पहले"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "after the time",
      "roman": "e.g. egy órával ezelőtt: one hour ago",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "-val/-vel ezelőtt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "-a/-e/-ja/-je (e.g. egy órája: one hour ago)",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "fyrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "yang lalu"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "takas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "ó shin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "fa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まえ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mae",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "前"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いぜんに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "izen ni",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "以前に"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mʊn",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "មុន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeone",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "전에"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "aze"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "faze"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "abhinc"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "pirms"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "lalu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "lepas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mumpŭ",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "മുമ്പ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "ilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ömnö",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "өмнө"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "for ... siden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "for ... sidan"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "note": "used before the time",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "for"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "piš",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "پیش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qabl",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "قبل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "(dawno) temu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "wcześniej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "há"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "atrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "faz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "înainte cu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "în urmă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "acum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tomú nazád",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "тому́ наза́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nazád",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "наза́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "syne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "o chionn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "air ais"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ijekavian"
      ],
      "word": "при̏је"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ekavian"
      ],
      "word": "пре̏"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "tags": [
        "Ijekavian",
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prȉje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian",
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prȅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "dozadu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "pred"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "note": "used before the time",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "pśed"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "used before the time",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "hace"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "used after the time",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "atrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "ha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "för ... sedan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lɛ́ɛo",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "แล้ว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gɔ̀ɔn",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "ก่อน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtɛ̀ɛ-gɔ̀ɔn",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "แต่ก่อน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tîi-lɛ́ɛo",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "ที่แล้ว"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sngon la",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "སྔོན་ལ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "önce"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tomú",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "тому́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "trước đây"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "yn ôl"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "past; gone by; since",
      "word": "lyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ago"
}

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