ago

Universal Words adverb used in expressions of time with the simple past tense to show how far in the past sth happened: two weeks / months / years ago * The letter came a few days ago. * She was here just a minute ago. * a short / long time ago * How long ago did you buy it? * It was on TV not (so) long ago. * He stopped working some time ago (= quite a long time ago). * They're getting married? It's not that long ago (= it's only a short time ago) that they met!