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long ago en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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(not-comparable) Existing in the relatively distant past.
Back in the long ago days of the 2000 season, the New England Patriots were a 5-11 mess of a team that finished in the cellar of the AFC East. It was an inauspicious start to the tenure of head coach Bill Belichick.
2019 July 18, “B/R NFL Expert Picks for 2019 Division Winners”, in Bleacher Report:The answer, according to James Moore, who as minister of Canadian heritage is in charge of the campaign, is that the government simply wants the long-ago war, which few Canadians know well, to be remembered.
2012 October 7, Ian Austen, “Canada Puts Spotlight on War of 1812, With U.S. as Villain”, in New York Times:
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Synonyms
ancient · bygone
long ago en · ADV
Pronunciation
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At a time in the past, especially the distant past.
That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 11 May 2017:Long ago, in a far country, there lived a queen who had three princes.
There was a Roman fort here long ago.
How long ago did she die? It's not that long ago that she did.
Forms
Antonyms
one day · recently · eventually
Hypernyms
formerly
Synonyms
lang syne · long ago · way back · anciently · a long time ago · once upon a time · way back when · backcast · long long ago · of yore · long since (at a time in the past) · time was · of old · stalely · yore
Translations (85)
yo níjọ́un (at a time in the distant past) · de vor alter Zeit (at a time in the distant past) · bg отдавна (at a time in the distant past) · ja 昔々 (at a time in the distant past) · de längst (at a time in the distant past) · nv ałkʼidą́ą́ʼ (at a time in the distant past) · is endur fyrir löngu (at a time in the distant past) · ko 옛날에 (at a time in the distant past) · fr jadis (at a time in the distant past) · tum mwaka (at a time in the distant past) · yue 早已 (at a time in the distant past) · fr il y a longtemps (at a time in the distant past) · mi tua whakarere (at a time in the distant past) · hu régen (at a time in the distant past) · ja とっくに (at a time in the distant past) · aii ܡ̣ܢ ܓ̰ܲܠܕܹܐ (at a time in the distant past) · hy վաղուց (at a time in the distant past) · pl dawno (at a time in the distant past) · hy շատոնց (at a time in the distant past) · af lank gelede (at a time in the distant past) · sv fordom (at a time in the distant past) · is fyrir löngu síðan (at a time in the distant past) · tr eskiden (at a time in the distant past) · eo antaŭlonge (at a time in the distant past) · az xeyli zaman bundan əvvəl (at a time in the distant past) · gd o chionn fhada (at a time in the distant past) · tr uzun zaman önce (at a time in the distant past) · da for længst (at a time in the distant past) · ru давны́м-давно́ (at a time in the distant past) · az çoxdan (at a time in the distant past) · he מִזְּמַן (at a time in the distant past) · nl lang geleden (at a time in the distant past) · es hace tiempo (at a time in the distant past) · ar قَدِيماً (at a time in the distant past) · aii ܡ̣ܢ ܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ (at a time in the distant past) · yo láyé àtijọ́ (at a time in the distant past) · zdj hale (at a time in the distant past) · af toeka (at a time in the distant past) · crk kayâs (at a time in the distant past) · non forðum (at a time in the distant past) · cs dávno (at a time in the distant past) · it tempo fa (at a time in the distant past) · sco lang syne (at a time in the distant past) · ko 오래전 (at a time in the distant past) · es tiempo ha (at a time in the distant past) · ga i bhfad ó shin (at a time in the distant past) · non fyr lǫngu (at a time in the distant past) · la prīdem (at a time in the distant past) · cic hopaakikaashookano (at a time in the distant past) · id dahulu kala (at a time in the distant past) · non ár (at a time in the distant past) · cmn 很久以前 (at a time in the distant past) · vi ngày xưa (at a time in the distant past) · yo láyé ijọ́un (at a time in the distant past) · crk ᑲᔮᐢ (at a time in the distant past) · sk dávno (at a time in the distant past) · ang ġefyrn (at a time in the distant past) · he מִקֶּדֶם (at a time in the distant past) · chr ᎪᎯᎩ (at a time in the distant past) · grc πάλαι (at a time in the distant past) · la olim (at a time in the distant past) · la iam prīdem (at a time in the distant past) · pl dawno temu (at a time in the distant past) · gd o shean (at a time in the distant past) · is frá fornu fari (at a time in the distant past) · la iamprīdem (at a time in the distant past) · cmn 早已 (at a time in the distant past) · cmn 悠遠 /悠远 (at a time in the distant past) · sv länge sedan (at a time in the distant past) · sv längesen (at a time in the distant past) · sw zamani (at a time in the distant past) · fi kauan sitten (at a time in the distant past) · be даўно́ (at a time in the distant past) · ja ずっと前に (at a time in the distant past) · taa exwde'onh (at a time in the distant past) · uk давно́ (at a time in the distant past) · pt há muito tempo (atrás) (at a time in the distant past) · ga fadó (at a time in the distant past) · is forðum (at a time in the distant past) · vi ngày xửa ngày xưa (at a time in the distant past) · th นานมาแล้ว (at a time in the distant past) · is fyrir lifandi löngu (at a time in the distant past) · tr zamanında (at a time in the distant past) · ru давно́ (at a time in the distant past) · is fyrir löngu (at a time in the distant past)