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- [lawng, long uh-goh]
- /lɔŋ, lɒŋ əˈgoʊ/
- /lɒŋ ə.ˈɡəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [lawng, long uh-goh]
- /lɔŋ, lɒŋ əˈgoʊ/
Definitions of long ago words
- adjective long ago of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales. 1
- adverb long ago many years before now 1
- adverb long ago At a time in the past, especially the distant past. 0
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Origin of long ago
First appearance:
before 1825 One of the 37% newest English words
First recorded in 1825-35
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Parts of speech for Long ago
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
long ago popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
long ago usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for long ago
adj long ago
- old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
- anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
- antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
- ancient — Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.
adv long ago
- heretofore — before this time; until now.
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- before — If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
- lately — of late; recently; not long since: He has been very grouchy lately.
noun long ago
- history — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- yesteryear — last year.
- yesterday — on the day preceding this day.
- antiquity — Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
- time immemorial — Also called time out of mind. time in the distant past beyond memory or record: Those carvings have been there from time immemorial.
Antonyms for long ago
adj long ago
- after — If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
- modern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- following — the act of following.
- future — time that is to be or come hereafter.
adv long ago
- currently — at the presenttime; now: She is currently working as a lab technician.
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
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