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gone

  • adjective
  • gŏn

Away, having left.

Example

“Are they gone already?”

Other meanings

  1. No longer existing, having passed.

    “The days of my youth are gone.”

  2. Broken, failed.

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

Related words

  • the arse has gone out of 'er
  • be gone
  • bygone
  • day gone by
  • dead and gone
  • downgone
  • far gone
  • get you gone
  • gone aloft
  • gone bad
  • gone by lunchtime
  • gone case

Example sentences

  • “Life has gone on its way, as usual.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

  • “No one has ever gone there before.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “How could it all have gone so wrong?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "gān".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “gone” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.