ago

• ظرف زمان يُستخدم للإشارة إلى وقت مضى، ويبيّن مقدار الزمن الذي انقضى منذ وقوع حدث أو حدوث أمر ما.

An adverb used to refer to a time in the past, indicating how much time has passed since something happened.

1. Gone by; in the pastB2formal

   Belonging to a time that has already passed; previously existing.

   ما مضى من الزمن

   • Long ago, this land was covered by forests.
   • The days of my youth are long ago.
   • That event happened many years ago.

   المرادفاتbygoneelapsedformergonepastpreviousprior

2. In the pastB2formal

   Used to indicate that something happened at a time before the present.

   قبل

   • He left the house an hour ago.
   • She finished her work a few minutes ago.
   • The movie started a while ago.

   المرادفاتbeforebygonegonepastpreviouslyprior

   الأضدادhencehenceforth