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Also Inflected form of go

gone

UK/ɡɒn/ US/ɡɔːn/ very common informal slang uk us

adjective

1.

not present; having left

  • “he”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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2.

destroyed or killed

  • “we are gone geese”
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3.

dead

  • “he is deceased”
  • “our dear departed friend”
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4.

having all been spent

  • “the money is all gone”
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5.

well in the past; former

  • “bygone days”
  • “dreams of foregone times”
  • “sweet memories of gone summers”
  • “relics of a departed era”
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6.

no longer retained

  • “gone with the wind”
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Origin

From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”).

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