adv. earlier, before the present (ten years ago; long ago).
Usage:
Note the construction it is ten years ago that (not since) I saw them.
Etymology: ME (ago, agone), past part. of obs. ago (v.) (as A-(2), GO(1))
adv. earlier, before the present (ten years ago; long ago).
Usage:
Note the construction it is ten years ago that (not since) I saw them.
Etymology: ME (ago, agone), past part. of obs. ago (v.) (as A-(2), GO(1))
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012