gone

[gawn, gon]

verb

1. past participle of go.

adjective

1. departed; left.

2. lost or hopeless.

3. ruined.

4. that has passed away; dead.

5. past.

6. weak and faint.

   a gone feeling.

7. used up.

8. Slang.

   1. pregnant.

      two months gone.

   2. great; outstanding.

   3. exhilarated; inspired.

gone

/ ɡɒn /

verb

1. the past participle of go 1

adjective

1. ended; past

2. lost; ruined (esp in the phrases gone goose or gosling )

3. dead or near to death

4. spent; consumed; used up

5. informal,  faint or weak

6. informal,  having been pregnant (for a specified time)

   six months gone

7. slang,  (usually foll by on) in love (with)

8. slang,  in an exhilarated state, as through music or the use of drugs

9. informal,  blank and without comprehension, as if stupefied in surprise

adverb

1. past

   it's gone midnight

Word History and Origins

Origin of gone¹

First recorded in 1580–90, for the adjective

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. far gone,

   1. much advanced; deeply involved.

   2. nearly exhausted; almost worn out.

   3. dying.

      The rescue party finally reached the scene of the crash, but most of the survivors were already far gone.

2. gone on, infatuated with; in love with.

   He is still gone on the woman who jilted him.

More idioms and phrases containing gone

• a goner
• all gone
• dead and buried (gone)
• far gone
• going, going, gone
• here today, gone tomorrow
• to hell and gone

Example Sentences

If it had gone the other way it would have seriously undermined his leadership.

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The benefit of this judgment-free canine colleague is especially welcome on the days work hasn’t gone so well.

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I think about Eric — how long he’s been gone, how he was robbed of the benefits of aging and hindsight, how he lives on through my work.

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The situation in el-Fasher has "gone beyond disaster and genocide", the resistance group said.

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"When I've gone I'm going to leave all the young families here, and I don't want them to go through none of what we went through."

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