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a⋅go

  [uh-goh]
Use ago in a Sentence
–adjective
1. gone; gone by; past (usually prec. by a noun): five days ago.
–adverb
2. in past time; in the past: All this happened long ago.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME ago(n), OE āgān, ptp. of āgān to go by, pass, equiv. to ā- a- 3 + gān to go 1
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a·go   (ə-gō')   
adv.   & adj.

  1. Gone by; past: two years ago.

  2. In the past: It happened ages ago.


[Middle English, past participle of agon, to go away, from Old English āgān : ā-, intensive pref. + gān, to go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

ago 
c.1314, shortened form of O.E. agan, agone "departed, passed away," pp. of an obs. verb formed from a- "away" (perhaps here used as an intensive prefix) + gan "go." Agone remains a dial. variant.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
AGO
American Gastroenterological Organization
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