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gone

[ gawn, gon ]

verb

  1. past participle of go 1.


adjective

  1. departed; left.
  2. lost or hopeless.
  3. that has passed away; dead.
  4. weak and faint:

    a gone feeling.

  5. used up.
  6. Slang.
    1. pregnant:

      two months gone.

    2. great; outstanding.
    3. exhilarated; inspired.

gone

/ ɡɒn /

verb

  1. See go
    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. gone out informal.
    gone out blank and without comprehension, as if stupefied in surprise

adverb

  1. past

    it's gone midnight

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gone1

First recorded in 1580–90, for the adjective

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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, Informal. 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

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Example Sentences

How far has Congress really evolved on race when in 50 years it has gone from one black senator to two?

As long ago as the early 1970s, he had gone on to support most civil rights-related legislation.

Under the current president and his predecessor, Jett notes, the ambassadorship of Belize has gone to college roommates.

“The United States had gone to war declaring it must destroy an active weapons of mass destruction program,” the Times reported.

Not long after the holiday presents are put away and the guests have gone home, another season begins.

And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.

Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.

Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.

He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.

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