Crossword clues for ago
ago
- In a bygone era
- Had-at link
- Gone by
- George Harrison "All Those Years ___"
- Fifth word of "American Pie"
- Fifth word in ''American Pie''
- Before this
- An attempt
- Alice Cooper "Years ___"
- A long time follower?
- "Two Years ___" (Kingsley novel)
- "That's so five years ___" ("It's really outdated")
- "Many years __ . . ."
- "Long, long" follower
- "Long, long time ___" (Don McLean)
- "Long ___, in a galaxy ..."
- "It was 20 years ___ today . . ."
- "In the future" opposite
- "Give it ___" ("Try it"): 2 wds
- "All Those Years ___" (1981 George Harrison song)
- "A Night in Summer Long ___" Mark Knopfler
- "A long time ____, in a galaxy far, far away . . ."
- "A long time ___ in a galaxy . . ."
- "A long time ___ ..."
- "A long time __ in a galaxy ... "
- "... ___ our fathers brought forth on . . ."
- ". . . and seven years ___"
- ". . . ___ our fathers brought forth on . . ."
- ". . . ___ our fathers brought forth . . ."
- ''That was a long time ___''
- ''Long, Long ___''
- ''. . . ___ in a galaxy far, far away. . .''
- Years ___ (back in the day)
- Word with "many years"
- Word often following ''long''
- Word in the opening of the Gettysburg Address
- Word before ''in a galaxy far, far away''
- Word after long
- Word after a repeated ''long''
- Word after "ages"
- Word after "a while"
- Used "Say Days ___"
- Third word of "Mary's Boy Child"
- Syne, as in "Auld Lang Syne"
- Something found after many years?
- Some time --
- Sixth word of Moby-Dick
- Rod Stewart's "Long __ and Far Away"
- Reminiscing word
- Remembrance word [CONTEST NOTE: My online crossword contest is ONE WEEK AWAY (Sept. 30). First prize, $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn.org.]
- Prior to this
- Preceding this point
- Opposite of "from now"
- Not so long ___ (fairly recently)
- Not long ___ (recently)
- Many years___
- Many years ___ (way back when)
- Many years ___ (not recently)
- Many years ___ (in the distant past)
- Many moons ___ (long in the past)
- Many moons __
- Many a year ___
- Make ___: try
- Make ____ of it
- Lost time
- Long, long, ___
- Long, long tail?
- Long, long --
- Long, long ___ (in the past)
- Long time trailer?
- Long time ____
- Long chaser
- Long --
- Long ____ and far away ...
- Long ___ (way back in the past)
- Long ___ (not recently)
- Long __ (way back)
- Long __ (way back in time)
- Long __ (in the past)
- Long long ____
- Kingsley's ''Two Years ___''
- Kingsley novel "Two Years ---"
- James Taylor "Long ___ and Far Away"
- It might be long
- It might appear after a while
- It may appear after a while
- It follows many moons
- It can appear after "a while"
- In years gone by
- In the rearview mirror, metaphorically
- In the before times
- In an earlier time
- Huey Lewis "Four Chords and Several Years ___"
- History-textbook adjective
- Have-at link
- Have___ (try)
- Have -- at (try)
- Have ________ at
- Have ____ at: try
- Have ____ at it!
- Give it ___ (try out)
- Give it ___ (try it)
- Gettysburg Address adjective
- George Harrison song "All Those Years ___"
- From long --
- Fourth word in the opening sequence to all six "Star Wars" films
- Fifth word on "Sgt. Pepper"
- Fifth word on "Sgt. Pepper's"
- Fifth word of the 1971 hit "American Pie"
- Fifth word of Don McLean's "American Pie"
- Fifth word of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
- Earlier than the present
- Earlier in the past
- Black Lab: "Time ___"
- Black Lab "Time ___"
- Before the moment
- Back, time-wise
- Back in the olden days
- Back in the good old days
- Back from here
- Back (in time)
- At one point
- Ancient history adjective
- Ages follower
- Ages __ (time long past)
- Adele's "Million Years ___"
- Adele "Million Years ___"
- A month ___ (around 30 days in the past)
- A few days ___
- "Why don't you give it ___?"
- "Twenty Years ___" (Kenny Rogers song)
- "That was years ___"
- "That was some time ___"
- "That was ages __"
- "That was ages ___"
- "That was a million years ___"
- "Million Years ___" (song on Adele's "25")
- "Million Years ___" (Adele song)
- "Many years ___ . . . "
- "Many moons ___ ..."
- "Long" time?
- "Long, long ---"
- "Long, Long ____"
- "Long --- and far away"
- "Long ___, the four nations lived together in harmony . . ."
- "Long ___, in a movie theater far, far away..."
- "Long ___, in a galaxy far, far away . . ."
- "Long ___ (and Far Away)"
- "Long ___ . . . "
- "Let's try to make ___ of it"
- "It's ___" ("O.K. for liftoff")
- "It's ___!" ("Yes!")
- "It Wasn't Very Long ___" Roy Orbison
- "It wasn't too long ___ that ..."
- "It wasn't that long ___"
- "It was twenty years ___ today ..." (The Beatles)
- "It was 20 years ___ today" (Beatles lyric)
- "It was 20 years ___ today ..." (the Beatles)
- "It was 20 years ___ today ..." (Beatles lyric)
- "Happenings Ten Years Time ___" (1966 hit by the Yardbirds)
- "From now" antonym
- "Four score and seven years ___"
- "Four score and seven years ___..."
- "Four score and seven years __ ... "
- "For Emma, Forever ___" (Bon Iver album)
- "But that was ages ___!"
- "Beers ___" (Toby Keith song that uses alcohol as a measure of time)
- "Are You Ten Years ___" Tegan and Sara
- "All Those Years ___" (1981 George Harrison hit)
- "Ages" follower
- "A long, long time ___" Don McLean
- "A long, long time ___"
- "A long, long time ___..."
- "A long, long time ___ ..." ("American Pie" lyric)
- "A long time ---, in a galaxy far ..."
- "A Long Time ___" (song from "The Most Happy Fella")
- "A long time ___, in a galaxy far ..."
- "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" intro)
- "A long time __ . . ."
- "A few weeks ___ ..."
- "A few months ___ ..."
- "A few days ___ ..."
- "... ___ our fathers brought forth on this continent ..."
- "... ___ our fathers brought forth ..."
- "... ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..."
- "... ___ and far away"
- " . . . ___ and far away"
- '98 Black Lab hit "Time ___"
- ''Long ___ and far away ...''
- ''It was twenty years ___ today ...'' (The Beatles)
- ''Give it __!''
- ''A long time ___, in a galaxy far ...''
- ''... many a year ___'' (Poe)
- ''... and seven years ___''
- ''. . . and seven years ___''
- '... and seven years --'
- Silver ring found on pine in the distant past
- New crack found in toilet, way back
- Back in the day
- In the past, long ...
- "Give it _____"
- Give it_____
- Have _____ at
- Give it ___ (attempt to do)
- Give it ___ (try)
- Before the present
- Long___
- Before now
- Long ___ (way back when)
- Gone by, as time
- "Give it___"
- Have ___ at (try)
- Back, in a way
- Earlier than now
- Way back when
- Past time
- Many years ___ (a while back)
- Years ___ (in the past)
- It may appear after a long time?
- "It's ___!" (thumbs-up reply)
- "Give it ___!" ("Try!")
- Opposite of hence
- Long, long ____
- Back from now
- Months ___
- In times past
- In history
- "Fourscore and seven years ___ ..."
- Back, in time
- "Many years ___ …"
- Of yore
- Fifth word of the Gettysburg Address
- Back then
- "Long ___ …"
- Many moons ___ (way back when)
- Going back in time
- "Years ___ ..."
- Since
- What "syne" means
- "Long ___ and far away ..."
- Fourth word in the "Star Wars" opening crawl
- George Harrison's "All Those Years ___"
- Back in time
- Ages ___
- Previously
- See 6-Down
- Fifth word of the lyrics to "American Pie"
- In days past
- In former days
- What may come after a long time?
- See 124-Across
- Fourth word in the "Star Wars" prologue
- Back in history
- Days ___
- Back when
- In time past
- "Much ___ About Nothing"
- In days of yore
- In times of yore
- Long follower?
- Bygone days
- Short word after long
- Once upon a time
- What to give it
- Yesteryear
- Long, long follower
- Fifth word of Gettysburg Address
- "It's ___!" (business agreement)
- In past time
- Long's longtime follower
- Gettysburg Address word
- Before this time
- Long trailer?
- Frequent follower of long
- Occasional follower of years
- A long time ___
- Time past
- Short follower of long
- Have ___ at it
- Make ___ of it (succeed): 2 wds
- " . . . many a year ___": Poe
- A move back
- Silver ring gone
- Long for
- Back from travel after success in exam
- Theatrical villain losing head in the past
- Fourth word of the "Star Wars" prologue
- Before today
- Time gone by
- Reminiscer's word
- In years past
- In olden days
- Shakespearean schemer
- Long time follower?
- Of a previous time
- In olden times
- Times past
- Some time back
- In days gone by
- "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" opening words)
- "Star Wars" prologue word
- Long time follower
- Back in the past
- Earlier in time
- Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address
- Years ___ (far in the past)
- In bygone days
- "Many moons ___ . . ."
- "All Those Years ___" (George Harrison hit)
- "A long time ___ in a galaxy far . . ."
- Prior to now
- At some point in the past
- "Give it __!": "Try!"
- "All Those Years ___" (George Harrison song)
- "A long, long time ___ ..." ("American Pie" opening line)
- Word in the first sentence of the Gettysburg Address
- Long trailer
- "That was a long time ___"
- "Long, long ___"
- "Long, long ___ ..."
- "Long ___, in a galaxy far ..."
- "Long ___ and Far Away" (James Taylor hit)
- "Long ___ and far away . . ."
- "A long time ___ in a galaxy ..."
- Word in the first line of the Gettysburg Address
- Some time ___ (back in the past)
- Reminiscence word
- Long tail?
- Long ___ (the distant past)
- Long ___ and far away ...
- In bygone times
- In a previous time
- In a bygone time
- Before this moment
- "Years ____"
- "Many years ___ ..."
- "Long, long ___ . . ."
- "Four score and seven years ___ . . ."
- Prior to this point
- Prior to this moment
- Past word
- Opposite of on
- Long, long ___ (way back when)
- Kingsley novel "Two Years ___"
- Give it ____!
- Give it __ (try)
- Fourth word in the "Star Wars" intro
- A while ___ (some time back)
- "Long ___ in a galaxy far . . ."
- "Long ___ ..."
- "Long ___ . . ."
- "It was 20 years ___ today..."
- "Fourscore and seven years __ . . ."
- "A long, long time ___ . . ."
- "... long, long ___"
- "... and seven years ___ ..."
- Word with "many moons"
- Word of the past
- Word after "ages" or "long"
- Prior to today
- Prior to this date
- Opposite of "in the future"
- Of old
- Many moons ___ (far back)
- Long, long ___ (way back)
- Long ending?
- Long ___ (in the distant past)
- It comes after many moons?
- In past years
- Give it ___ (make an attempt): 2 wds
- Follower of many moons?
- A long time ...
- "Many moons ___"
- "Long" follower
- "It was twenty years ___ today ..." (Beatles lyric)
- "... and seven years ___"
- You may see it after many moons
- Word with many moons?
- Word before "in a galaxy far, far away"
- Word after "long"
- Something to give it?
- Opposite of "hence"
- Of former days
- Many moons ___ (a long time back)
- Long, long ___ (many years back)
- Long, long ___ (in the distant past)
- Long ___ (way back in history)
- Kingsley's "Two Years ---"
- Kingsley novel ''Two Years ___''
- It may come after many moons?
- It may come after long
- It comes after a long, long time
- In time gone by
- In the past
- In the olden days
- In earlier times
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ago
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a long time ago
▪ She died a long time ago.
a moment ago
▪ I saw him outside just a moment ago.
an hour/three hours etc ago
▪ He left an hour ago.
yonks ago
▪ We went to Blackpool once, yonks ago.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
light years ago
many moons ago
▪ He left Derby many moons ago complaining they gagged him.
▪ Several colour strains have bee bred since the original black and silver variety came out on the market many moons ago.
▪ When I got my first laser printer many moons ago, my bank manager almost had a heart attack.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "When did you hurt your back?" "About a fortnight ago".
▪ "When did you live in Germany?" "Oh, it was a long time ago."
▪ Did you see that program about genetics that was on a little while ago?
▪ George went out half an hour ago. Can I have him call you back?
▪ How long ago did you buy the computer?
▪ How long ago was that, Dad?
▪ I had my keys a minute ago, and now I can't find them.
▪ I met your father once, a long time ago.
▪ Lucy's aunt died a few months ago.
▪ Michael left the office 20 minutes ago.
▪ Michael left the office about half an hour ago.
▪ My daughter was married just over a year ago.
▪ Pauline wrote to me once, but that was ages ago.
▪ We went down to see a show in London not so long ago.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After all, he was supposed to have been hanged half a century ago.
▪ Even their twittering seems fairly low-key compared with the excited sounds they made just a few weeks ago.
▪ That was less than three and a half hours ago, but it might have been years.
▪ The company a year ago changed its reporting period to a fiscal year that ends March 31 from a calendar year.
▪ The good ole boys had their day two years ago.
▪ The gun was pieced together over twenty years ago by Caltech geophysicist Tom Ahrens.
▪ The only thing we ever get is old, stale news about where they used to be, some time ago.
▪ Thirty years ago 33 % of university students were female; now there are more women than men.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ago
Ago \A*go"\, a. & adv. [OE. ago, agon, p. p. of agon to go away, pass by, AS. [=a]g[=a]n to pass away; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + g[=a]n to go. See Go.] Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ago
early 14c., shortened form of Old English agan, agone "departed, passed away," past participle of an obsolete verb ago "to go forth," formed from a- "away" (perhaps here used as an intensive prefix) + gan "go" (see go (v.)). Agone remains a dialectal variant.
Wiktionary
ago
a. 1 (context archaic or dialectal English) gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away. 2 (context archaic or dialectal English) Nearly gone; dead (used in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire at the turn of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th%20century)'' postp. In the past.
WordNet
ago
adj. gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'" [syn: agone]
ago
adv. in the past; "long ago"; "sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S."
Wikipedia
Ago
Ago or AGO may refer to:
Usage examples of "ago".
Sranc, Bashrags, Dragons, all the abominations of the Inchoroi, are artifacts of the Tekne, the Old Science, created long, long ago, when the Nonmen still ruled Earwa.
I respond by pointing out that one of those babies that was aborted thirty years ago might have grown up to be a brilliant scientist and could have discovered the cure for AIDS.
Their origins are a matter of record, in the merger nineteen years ago of the depraved Temple of Abraxas with a discredited house of surgical software, Frewin Maisang Tobermory.
In virtual, hours ago, he had been young and solid, just as Abrim remembered him, his shoulders rounded with muscle.
Glenn Abies to the pastor over there at the WAR church, dated two years ago this past July.
Baron was always very respectful to Mr Aching since Granny had died two years ago, calling him the finest shepherd in these hills, and was generally held by the people in the village to be not too bad these days.
Almost two years ago he had upped and left Acme, Texas, to go out into the wide open world, only to find his own shrunk down to the confining cockpit of a B-17 bomber.
That was quite a victory over a few years ago, when he had been part of the threepacks aday cancer brigade.
DEAR SON, The Lord Adelantado and your brother and Carbajal left here sixteen days ago to go to the Court.
DEAR SON,--I wrote you at length and sent it by Don Ferdinand, who left to go yonder twenty-three days ago to-day, with the Lord Adelantado and Carbajal, from whom I have since heard nothing.
Adin was referring to the last time he had seen Data-several months ago, after Data had delivered to Adin the personal farewell message prepared by Tasha Yar for the man she loved.
As long ago as 1895 it was known that extracts of the adrenal glands had a powerful action in raising the blood pressure.
Two years ago, Het and Jek Nkik had been separated upon reaching their age of adulthood, sent out to do scavenger duty away from the Jawa fortress.
Many years ago, advertisers were encouraged to reference their yellow page listings.
Many years ago, I interviewed for a creative position with a large advertising agency.