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sago | ago |

As a noun sago

is a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.

As an adjective ago is

gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

As a preposition ago is

in the past.

sago

English

Noun

(-)
  • A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
  • Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.
  • Derived terms

    * Portland sago * sago pudding * sago spleen

    See also

    * sago palm

    Anagrams

    *

    References

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    ago

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ygo (obsolete), ygoe (obsolete), agon (obsolete), agone

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
  • in days ago'''/in days '''agone
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) Nearly gone; dead (used in )''
  • Usage notes

    * Usually follows the noun.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • In the past.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Damned if you don’t , passage=Two years ago a pair of scientists sparked fears of a devastating virus. [They] separately found ways to make a strain of bird flu called H5N1 more contagious. Critics fretted that terrorists might use this knowledge to cook up a biological weapon. American officials ordered that the papers be redacted. Further research was put on hold. But after much debate, the papers were published in full last year.}}

    Derived terms

    * long ago

    See also

    * (projectlink)

    References

    * G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon

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