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{
"term": "ago",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used in expressions of time with the simple past tense to show how far in the past something happened",
"examples": [
{
"text": "two weeks/months/years ago"
},
{
"text": "The letter came a few days ago."
},
{
"text": "She was here just a minute ago."
},
{
"text": "a short/long time ago"
},
{
"text": "How long ago did you buy it?"
},
{
"text": "It was on TV not (so) long ago."
},
{
"text": "Scientists think there was water on Mars **a long time ago**."
},
{
"text": "He stopped working some time ago *(= quite a long time ago)*."
},
{
"text": "They're getting married? It's not that long ago *(= it's only a short time ago)* that they met!"
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈɡəʊ/",
"audio": "ag/ago/ago__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈɡəʊ/",
"audio": "ag/ago/ago__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English ago, agone, past participle of the obsolete verb ago ‘pass’, used to express passage of time."
}