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

But when he returned, it was with us, the family he made, the proof that while he was gone, he didn’t just survive, but lived.

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"Had we allowed the fans and it had gone wrong I feel that I would be sitting here again anyway."

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Mr Male said that in the past few years, the competition has "gone nuts" and is "probably the most exciting way to get better at excel in general".

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It’s how the sport has gone ruthlessly pro—but people still act like it’s some folksy campus endeavor when it suits their motives.

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By Sunday evening, the donation booths were gone, replaced by police command tents.

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