{
    "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."
}