Definition of "ago" in English

postposition

1. Before now, before the present time

   • I got married ten years ago.
   • When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago.
   • It was two weeks ago that I saw her last.

adjective

1. (archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

   • in days ago / in days agone

2. (archaic or dialectal) Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

   • Woe the day—she is agone!