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LONG-AGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does long-ago mean?
• LONG-AGO (adjective)
The adjective LONG-AGO has 1 sense:
1. belonging to time long gone
Familiarity information: LONG-AGO used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belonging to time long gone
Context example:
those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor
Similar:
old (of long duration; not new)
Context examples
The new fossil helps researchers unravel extinction dynamics for predatory mammals stalking African ecosystems of that long-ago time.
(Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore, National Science Foundation)
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