Gone

/ɡɒn/ · verb

Meaning

past participle of go.

Definitions by Sense

1. past participle of go
2. Away, having left.
3. No longer existing, having passed.
4. Used up.
5. Broken, failed.
6. Dead.
7. Doomed, done for.
8. (colloquial) Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.

Example Sentences

Are they gone already?

The days of my youth are gone.

All the little shops that used to be here are now gone.

I'm afraid all the coffee is gone.

The bulb is gone. Can you put a new one in?

The car isn't driveable — the steering is gone.

Dust, that a breath could blow aside, yet that was once, like ourselves, animate with hope, passion, and sorrow, is below; around are the vain memorials of human grief and human pride; yet all alike dedicated to the gone.

Have you seen the company's revenue? It's through the floor. They're gone.

Synonyms for gone

Antonyms for gone

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Word Forms

• further gone
• farther gone
• goner
• furthest gone
• farthest gone
• gonest

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