English-Thai Dictionary

ago

ADJ ที่ผ่านมา แล้ว  แต่ก่อน  เมื่อก่อน  ใน อดีต  past gone since ti-phan-ma-laeo

 

ago

ADV ที่ผ่านมา แล้ว  แต่ก่อน  เมื่อก่อน  ใน อดีต  ti-phan-ma-laeo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AGO

adv. or a.[See Go. ] Past; gone; as a year ago.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AGO

A *go ", a. & adv. Etym: [OE. ago, agon, p. p. of agon to go away, pass by, AS. agan to pass away; a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out ) + gan to go. See Go. ]

 

Defn: Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ago

a go |əˈgō əˈɡoʊ | ▶adverb (used after a measurement of time ) before the present; earlier: he went five minutes ago | as long ago as 1942 | not long ago he came across a rattlesnake outside his house. ORIGIN Middle English ago, agone, past participle of the obsolete verb ago ‘pass, ’ used to express passage of time. usage: When ago is followed by a clause, the clause is normally introduced by that rather than since: it was sixty years ago that I left this place (not it was sixty years ago since I left this place ). The use of since is redundant and is not correct in standard English.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ago

ago |əˈgəʊ | ▶adverb before the present; earlier (used with a measurement of time ): he went five minutes ago | two years ago his parents moved house | as long ago as 1942 | not long ago he came across a rattlesnake outside his house. ORIGIN Middle English ago, agone, past participle of the obsolete verb ago ‘pass ’, used to express passage of time. usage: When ago is followed by a clause, the clause should be introduced by that rather than since, e.g. it was sixty years ago that I left this place (not it was sixty years ago since I left this place ). The use of since is not correct in standard English.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ago

ago adverb years ago, on this very site, was a small stone cottage: in the past, before, earlier, back, since, previously; formal heretofore.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ago

ago adverb a few days ago they had a long discussion: in the past, before the present, before, earlier, back, in time gone by, since, formerly, previously; formal heretofore.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ago

a go /əɡóʊ /〖a (…から離れて )go (行く )〗副詞 比較なし 〖通例文尾, しばしば文頭で 〗〖A ago 〗(今から )…前に (!Aは期間を表す 名詞 副詞 ) ▸ “How long ago (was that )?” “About two years [weeks ] ago . ”「(それは )どれくらい前のことでしたか 」「2年 [週間 ]ぐらい前です 」 (!“Nineteen seventy-three. ”(1973年のことです )のような答え方も可能 ) ▸ A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ｟引用 ｠遠い昔はるか銀河系のかなたに ｟映画 『スターウォーズ 』より ｠ (!同じ意のlong ago は文中で使えるが, a long time agoは使えない:I long ago [╳a long time ago ] stopped doing that. ずいぶん前にそんなことをするのはやめたよ ) ▸ not (so [too, very ]) long ago つい先ごろ, 最近 ▸ (just ) a moment [minute ] ago たった今, つい先ほどまで ▸ We met 10 years ago when we were both English teachers in Tokyo .私たちが出会ったのは2人が東京で英語の教師をしていた10年前のことです ▸ It was three years ago that [╳since ] my father died .父が亡くなったのは3年前のことでした (≒It has been [is ] three years since my father died. )▸ ten years ago today [this week ]10年前の今日 [今週 ]▸ two nights [lines ] ago 一昨日の夜 [2行前 ]に 類義 agoとbefore, earlier 1 ago は今から見た特定の過去時をさすので, 現在完了形とは用いられない. before はある過去時より前の時点 (大過去 )をさし過去完了形で用いられる ▸ My grandmother died [╳have died ] five years ago ; my grandfather had died two years before (that ) [earlier ].祖母は5年前に亡くなりました . 祖父はその2年前に亡くなっています 2 過去形による描写が基本の小説では, 登場人物が過去に体験することは過去完了形で表現され, そのままagoが使われる ▸ The wind was cold. The marathon had started over five hours ago .風は冷たい . マラソンは5時間以上も前に始まった 3 間接話法では伝達時を基準にし, 直接話法のagoはbeforeに替える ▸ I told them yesterday that I had seen him an hour before .1時間前に彼のことを見かけたって, 昨日彼らに話した 4 agoの代わりに earlier は使えない; ただし単独で I saw him earlier. とは言える ▸ I saw him two hours ago [╳earlier ].2時間前に彼を見かけた 語法 since ＋名詞 ＋ago I've been here since ten days ago . のような文が時折見られるが, I've been here for ten days . に改めたほうがよい (→since コーパスの窓 前置詞 1a 語法 ).a (l ì ttle [sh ò rt ]) wh í le ago 〖通例文尾 時に文頭で 〗(つい )先ほど .as l ó ng ag ò as A A 〈年 時代など 〉にはすでに ▸ In the United States, golf was played as long ago as 1799 .アメリカでは早くも1799年にゴルフが行われた s ò me t í me ago 〖通例文尾 時に文頭で 〗かなり前に .