gone

[ gawn, gon ]

verb

1. past participle of go ¹.

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. gone out 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, 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

Example Sentences

Ramaswamy has still gone further, asking to retract appropriations to programs whose congressional authority has lapsed—which include resources like veterans’ health care—and basically do a sort of Twitter Files–style “exposé” of budgetary allowances.

From Slate

After nearly a decade of this, though, anyone who has bet good money on elected Republicans standing up to Trump has already gone broke.

From Salon

Members were told that Ms Robinson had left nursing in March 2022 and had since gone on to work at an organisation in West Yorkshire providing drug and alcohol recovery support, a role which "involves working with vulnerable members of society".

From BBC

Considering it was the second consecutive season that Cronin had added at least eight new players, roster stability appears to have gone the way of baggy shorts.

From Los Angeles Times

The day they spent, exhausted together on the crossroads of here and gone, is the kind of convergence they make movies about, so we forget it really happened.

From Los Angeles Times